What do you think about The Emperor's New Mind

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What do you think about The Emperor's New Mind 2017-08-09 02:27:00 Post No. 9095254
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What do you think about The Emperor's New Mind Anonymous 2017-08-09 02:27:00 Post No. 9095254 [Report]

Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic, and thus is not capable of being modeled by a conventional Turing machine, which includes a digital computer. Penrose hypothesizes that quantum mechanics plays an essential role in the understanding of human consciousness. The collapse of the quantum wavefunction is seen as playing an important role in brain function.

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Anonymous 2017-08-09 02:37:53 Post No.9095275
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Anonymous 2017-08-09 02:37:53 Post No.9095275 [Report]

>>9095254
Penrose is full of shit.

Anonymous 2017-08-09 03:57:13 Post No.9095411
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Anonymous 2017-08-09 03:57:13 Post No.9095411 [Report]

>>9095254
The whole quantum nantube thing is a shit theory that still doesn't explain conciousness. With the Internet, I think it's now possible to develop a touring machine that just googles a phrase and picks the response it wants.

Anonymous 2017-08-09 04:24:11 Post No.9095492
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Anonymous 2017-08-09 04:24:11 Post No.9095492 [Report]

>>9095254
Non algorithmic and unmodelable sounds plausible, QM and consciousness are obviously related but probably not how he thinks.

Anonymous 2017-08-09 08:05:47 Post No.9095984
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Anonymous 2017-08-09 08:05:47 Post No.9095984 [Report]

>>9095254
>Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic

Consciousnesses is a physical process and is therefore algorithmic