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From: ronaldheld
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:18 AM
To: Everything List
Subject: The Emergence of Consciousness in the Quantum Universe
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1103/1103.1651v1.pdf
Here we go again.
Ronald
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Hi Ronald!
My first impression of this paper is that it is yet another attempt to
reify the doctrine of dialectical materialism, then I wondered if the paper
was the output of a science-word-salad-izer
but reading further I saw some gems:
"Another implication of the current proposal is that there can be no
self-aware mecha-
nized artificial intelligence no matter how advanced the technology becomes,
since biological
intelligence is evolved as part of inter-connected universal evolution. A
mechanical com-
puter’s CPU will never acquire free will, since it will never be able to
establish the infinite
multitude of connections with the rest of the universe environment, as
manifested in the
entanglement of the phases of the wave-functions (the Aharonov-Bohm effect).
However,
entities formed through semi-biological pathways such as cloning are
possible because they
tap into nature’s established pathways to establish these infinite
connections."
As my kids would say: OMG! LOL! /facepalm
I would like to agree in principle with Zhang but I am not sure that
s/he is not a Chinese Room!
Onward!
Stephen
PS, thanks for posting this reference
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