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references p-r
Topic:
limitations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science
Topic:
Turing test
Topic:
vitalism, the soul
Group:
philosophy of mathematics
Topic:
physics as computation
Topic:
Newtonian physics
Topic:
quantum electrodynamics
Topic:
cosmology
Topic:
quantum mechanics
Topic:
evolutionary systems
Topic:
mathematical proof
Group:
relationship between brain and behavior
Topic:
consciousness

Reference

Penrose, Roger, The Emperor's New Mind. Concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics, Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 1989. Google

Quotations
21 ;;Quote: is a book that describes Einstein's brain aware? If so, what if it is never opened up and consulted?
23 ;;Quote: everything (including minds) need not be a digital computer
112 ;;Quote: mathematical concepts have absolute truth and a Platonic existence; e.g., the Mandelbrot set
174 ;;Quote: the best scientific theories are fertile sources of mathematical ideas; connects the real world with mathematics
228 ;;Quote: classical physics requires both particles described by 6 parameters and fields described by an infinite number of parameters
235 ;;Quote: a photon behaves in a wavelike way entirely on its own; its alternative possibilities can cancel out
354 ;;Quote: it appears that the big bang state is less probable than the entire solar system being created by random collisions
369 ;;Quote: at some stage, the quantum linear superposition becomes actual alternatives one of which is observed; may happen at the one-graviton level
416 ;;Quote: evolution appears to be more organized then it ought to be from natural selection
418 ;;Quote: mathematical truth is not something that we ascertain merely by an algorithm; we must 'see' its truth
437 ;;Quote: perhaps mind is quantum gravity selecting one of many superpositioned alternatives
447 ;;Quote: a universe governed by laws that do not allow consciousness is no universe at all; current mathematical descriptions fail this criterion


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