Study group based around the book "Shadows of the Mind" by Roger Penrose
*Why We Need New Physics to Understand the Mind (The Non-Computability of Conscious Thought)
** Consciousness and computation
** The Godelian case
** The case for non-computability in mathematical thought
* What New Physics We Need to Understand the Mind
** Does mind have a place in classical physics?
** Structure of the quantum world
** Quantum theory and reality
** Quantum theory and the brain
** Implications?
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Standard Set Answer:How does our mind affect the outcome of the quantum world in which we live? Is there an effect, or is this illusion? What causes us to perceive only one outcome of any "information collapse", and how does this collapse translate into reality as experienced by each person?
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Just a newbie learning HTML
Location: Houston Texas
Standard Set Answer:I want to explore how our subconscious works in order to utilize it in my artificial intelligence research.
