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A ‘quantum consciousness’ absurdity at IIT Mandi
As you go downward, inward, smaller and smaller, you get more vast conscious experience. This is the idea in Indian knowledge systems. At the bottom of it, or the very base of it, at the source, is Brahman. My point … Continue reading
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Tagged decoherence, IIT Mandi, Indian knowledge systems, Indian philosophy, Orch OR, quantum computer, quantum superposition, Roger Penrose, Science of Consciousness, Stuart Hameroff
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A quantum theory of consciousness
We seldom have occasion to think about science and religion at the same time, but the most interesting experience I have had doing that came in October 2018, when I attended a conference called ‘Science for Monks’* in Gangtok, Sikkim. … Continue reading
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Tagged consciousness, Diósi-Penrose scheme, Lajos Diósi, Orch OR, quantum superposition, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff
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A latent monadology: An extended revisitation of the mind-body problem
In an earlier post, I’d spoken about a certain class of mind-body interfacing problems (the way I’d identified it): evolution being a continuous process, can psychological changes effected in a certain class of people identified solely by cultural practices “spill … Continue reading
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Tagged computational theory of mind, conjugate variables, connectionism, Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, dispositional attribution, emergence, Gottfried Leibniz, human brain, network multiplicity, partial differentiation, rationalism, reverse-engineering, Roger Penrose, The Monadology, Walter Pitts, Warren McCulloch, wavefunction collapse
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