On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au>wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:10:23PM +1300, LizR wrote: > > On 18 January 2014 11:34, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > It doesn't mean anything. There are microtubles in all cells. So why > > > don't I think with my penis...oh...never mind. :-) > > > > > > > Teehee. You're not the messiah, you're a very naught boy! > > > > I thought Tegmark showed that the Penrose theory is unlikely (by some > > ridiculously large factor) because the brain isn't supercooled and > isolated > > from influences that may cause decoherence within about 10^-25 seconds... > > > > Exactly. Quantum superposition within microtubules seems an unlikely > source of computational power within the brain. Quantum randomness is > more likely to occur due to thermal fluctuations across the synaptic > gap, and I quite agree with Edgar that it is an essential part of the > only sensible conception of free will (the ability to act irrationality). > > Russell, What are your thoughts regarding compatibilism<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism>? Do you consider it a cop-out? Jason > Not that Edgar is the first to say it, nor would I claim that title > for myself :). > > Cheers > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
