tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post8192735139508399691..comments2024-03-28T09:37:33.796+10:00Comments on Opinion Dominion: Quantum saves free will - again?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-63419575768556077592016-05-26T08:54:52.136+10:002016-05-26T08:54:52.136+10:00I didn't think (but I was just going by memory...I didn't think (but I was just going by memory) that Penrose had ever got all that specific about how quantum effects made consciousness what it is, just that he thought that it very likely has a key role.<br /><br />But then when I Googled the topic, I got this link to a 2012 paper by Hameroff, which seems to put up some very specific ideas. Not sure if it has been addressed in detail by the likes of Carroll, or not.<br /><br />Here's the link:<br /><br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470100/Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-55184934236042959262016-05-26T08:21:57.191+10:002016-05-26T08:21:57.191+10:00whatever the merits of this new theory, on my supe...whatever the merits of this new theory, on my superficial understanding of Penrose's theory, it's rubbish because everything, even inorganic matter is subject to quantum effects at the subatomic level.<br /><br />also does this mean the most basic quantum computer we design is going to have free will?<br /><br />all this putting aside the fact that randomness isn't freedom. Jason Soonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02805121824803121218noreply@blogger.com