tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post1936893240150836986..comments2024-01-19T04:29:08.081-06:00Comments on subrealism: the ghost in the machine?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-36557064196743158072013-01-14T15:46:57.795-06:002013-01-14T15:46:57.795-06:00It's been a minute since I looked at Penrose/H...It's been a minute since I looked at Penrose/Hameroff, but this article looked to me like it was revisiting ground that these two had covered quite some time ago. The underlying premise coming from Penrose's "proof" that mathematical thinking is non-computable.CNuhttp://subrealism.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539837.post-17180831856707680762013-01-14T14:28:31.975-06:002013-01-14T14:28:31.975-06:00Pointing out the flaw of a prior analogy doesn'...Pointing out the flaw of a prior analogy doesn't make the current one any better. Equating biology to mere computation is similar to equating mathematics to just counting. It just shows the ignorance of the analogist rather than giving any proper handle on what is really going on. Rather like a Victorian raised under monarchy naming the egg-laying portion of a superorganism a "queen bee"...John Kurmannoreply@blogger.com