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comment by kleinbl00

I almost tagged you in the above because I knew you could answer the question chapter and verse.

Searl I'm unfamiliar with. Emperor's New Mind sounds familiar... have you mentioned it before?





veen  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That was me. I read it while I was in Sweden:

user-inactivated  ·  3360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I doubt I mentioned it, just because the argument involves quantum physics and Godel's theorems and I avoid conversations on the Internet involving minds and either of those things. Penrose's books are pretty popular in the same circles Martin Gardner and Douglas Hofstadter's books are, though.