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"Todd A. Anderson" <drtodd@aaahawk.com> wrote in message
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> In "The Emperor's New Mind", Roger Penrose argues that parts of the
> brain exist simultaneously in multiple states due to quantum effects
but
> that once the maximum difference between any two of these states
> reaches a certain threshold the wave function collapses.  I always
thought
> the need for conscious to collapse the wave function was silly.

Yes.  It is downright silly.

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Franz Heymann

>
> Todd
>
> "UKComplaint" <ukcomplaint@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> > Physicist Henry Margenau (quoted by Sir John Eccles) states that
the
> > components of the brain 'are small enough to be governed by
> > probabilistic quantum laws' and are 'always poised for a multitude
of
> > possible changes, each with a definite probability'.
> >
> > Is Margenau's view (that actions in the brain might be subject to
> > quantum effects) generally accepted withnin science?
> >
> > N.B. The blurb for the forthcoming Quantum Mind 2003 Conference on
> > Consciousness, Quantum Physics and the Brain to be hosted by the
> > University of Arizona states "recent experimental evidence
suggests
> > quantum nonlocality occurring in conscious and subconscious brain
> > function, and functional quantum processes in molecular biology
are
> > becoming more and more apparent."
>
>