On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Dan Minette wrote:
> I'm going to focus on one aspect of Robert Shaw comments for the moment.
> >
> > There isn't room in physics for new stuff on a scale that affects
> > the workings of the brain. Penrose appeals to nonlinearities in
> > quantum theory connected with gravity but there is no independant
> > evidence of such effects. Quantum gravity is even less likely to be
> > relevant.
>
> Actually, there might be room in mesoscopic physics. I'm not counting
> on this room for my answer, but its still worth noting. Mesoscopic
> physics is probably the most likely area for something fundamentally
> new and usable to be found in physics. Quantum gravity will be new,
> but it probably will not have applications.
Got a quick question here -- what is "mesoscopic physics"? What sort of
scale are we dealing with here?
Julia
always looking for ways to increase vocabulary
