Can Physics Provide a Theory of Consciousness?: A review of Roger Penrose's "Shadows of the Mind"
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1.1 Physics is surely the most beautiful of the sciences, and it is esthetically tempting to suppose that two of the great scientific mysteries we confront today, observer effects in quantum mechanics and conscious experience, are in fact the same. Roger Penrose is an admirable contributor to modern physics and mathematics, and his new book, Shadows of the Mind (SOTM) offers us some brilliant intellectual fireworks --which for me at least, faded rapidly on further examination.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008