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Penrose

Penrose believes that the brain may use certain quantum phenomena which enable it to solve non-Turing-computable problems. These include mathematical intuition and musical creativity, because they require a kind of holistic global perception that no algorithm can provide. He describes these views in detail in The Emperor's New Mind (KH:P something).

There is a demonstration that the brain can compute what's not Turing-computable (I think) on page 64 of his book.




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Jocelyn Ireson-Paine
Wed Feb 14 23:51:11 GMT 1996