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Beyond the Turing Machine
- svenkatesh 13y agoThe article is very sparse on details, but they set up a good conceptual framework for post-classical computing.
- al2o3cr 13y agoNot sure where the linked abstract actually was from (it's hosted with the Turing Centenary Conference, but I couldn't find a link in their public pages) - but here's the author's blog that may shed some more light: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2010/03/how_can_mind_act_on_matter.html http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2010/03/how_can_mind_act_on_ma... And then some more digging turns up reviews of his 2008 book: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sacred-science http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sacred-scie... Yep, standard "Gawd in the gaps" stuff, complete with a helping of quantum woo. Also, the originally linked abstract is full of howlers like this: "I believe Trans-Turing Systems are constructable, go beyond Turing, and may have powerful implications for the Mind-Brain system." I believe you believe that too, d00d - but absent something resembling even an outline of a proof or an existence argument you're just tossing quantum word-salad.