I've read many of his books, and took general relativity with him. Microtubules are an actual thing in neurons. I don't get the impression that he is stating that is the answer, but presenting that particular theory as a proposed new theory.
His is a very subtle mind, he is not saying the same thing as Descartes. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:26 PM, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: >> >> His platonism is of the sort any mathematician intuitively experiences. >> >> The unborn, uncreated, hand-maiden of wisdom. >> >> Not the same as a pineal gland. >> >> My reading of his writings the consciousness/matter puzzle is that he >> is just saying that the reductictionists are skipping a few steps and >> that the true answer is, in fact, at this time, not known for sure. >> Subject to the odd error in overstating a case, perhaps. >> >> --Chris >> > Hey Chris, read some of his other books as well as interviews. He thinks > that Mind and Matter are completely separate and interact at the level of > structures called microtubules via quantum tunneling, similar to the way that > Descartes thought that mind and matter interacted through the pineal gland. > Penrose believes in immortal souls on the Christian model. > Steve > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
