Salyavin,
You have to remember that a theory is not a proven scientific fact. Penrose
or Hammeroff can talk quantum theories until the cows come home. But they
haven't proved a thing.
Xeno,
Regarding Asimov's second point, the following existential sentence is
apparently true: HE DEAD (with emphasis on the stretched vowels).
Another thing about the Penrose/Hammeroff theory, as Stenger observed, is that
the microtubules that these quantum events are supposed to cohere in are too
large for the particles to communicate or stack up. And even if they did the
brain is too hot to allow it, quantum freakiness is generally
Especially when you consider the unlikelihood of quantum events stacking up or
"meaning something". According to my book, a subatomic particle can be anywhere
in the universe at any time but the chances of finding a single electron 1cm
away from where it's most likely to be are so small you'd
In considering how the Wikipedia entry for quantum defines 'quantum' one
wonders how it could be stretched to attempt to explain so many odd ideas"
QUANTUM: In physics, a quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity
involved in an interaction. Behind this, one finds the fundamental not
Interesting how you can see the security beliefs in the article that Jason (I
think) posted about Hameroff's ideas about quantum consciousness. Quanta have
really become the get out clause of the modern world, probably because it's not
well understood and is often a bit weird. It's no excuse for
