On 7 Sep, 15:12, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tubulins are targets for anticancer drugs like Taxol and the "Vinca
> alkaloid" drugs such as vinblastine and vincristine. The anti-gout
> agent colchicine binds to tubulin and inhibits microtubule formation,
> arresting neutrophil motility and decreasing inflammation. The anti-
> fungal drug Griseofulvin targets mictotubule formation and has
> applications in cancer treatment. Visions of myself and Pat in
> bathchairs at the convalescent home for mad techno-speculants needing
> to finalise string theory to cure our gout! I should think I would
> concede my Kaliber Yawn theory that string theories are an illusion
> created by a lack of alcohol in such circumstances.
>
LOL!! Could well be. The last time I had a pint of ale, I was
sick as a dog. I just can't seem to tolerate alcohol anymore. I
suppose God is preparing me for a long dry spell. ;-)
> Arguments on life and consciousness seem to imply 'why' questions to
> me - perhaps necessitate them. Memory sort of links to a world of
> logical necessity (a view from Leibniz). I don't think this big - I'm
> more concerned we get on with better decision-making that is a
> contribution to an open society - without this we are cast into some
> kind of 'killing competition' even if we just leave it to evolution to
> wipe us out.
>
As I said, the fact that we exist in a continuum implies that the
system is teleological. Thus the need for our 'whys' to be answered.
I fear, though, that most of the answers will elude us while we're
incarnate.
> On 7 Sep, 11:01, Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 4 Sep, 22:02, sjewins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Also, as current as views like Simon’s are, “The product of the bio-
> > > > electric, electro-chemical energy in the brain. Like a burning candle
> > > > produces heat, the brain produces consciousness.” - Simon
>
> > > > …saying that consciousness is bio-electrical and electro-chemical
> > > > energy, using an analogy as he did about a candle, is like saying that
> > > > consciousness is the product of those trillions of cells that Dennett
> > > > suggests is a ‘bag of tricks’!
>
> > > Well, it is by those methods that the brain functions. How else could
> > > consciousness arise if not from the functioning of the brain in the
> > > way that it functions?
>
> > > Do you think that consciousness arises from something disconnected
> > > from the brain? How would that work?
>
> > The nervous system contains a substance, tubulin, which creates a
> > quantum-scale interface to consciousness, which is actually contained
> > in the Calabi-Yau space. The brain forms the interface between that
> > consciousness-space and our space-time through our bodies. This, of
> > course, is given a string-theory paradigm, which is not proven
> > experimentally but is the only theory on paper that fills in (or has
> > the capability of filling in) all the blank areas in quantum mechanics
> > and the Standard theory.- Hide quoted text -
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