This is truly incredible. Aaron O'Connell is a genius.
http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object.html
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
What is Consciousness? A Conversation with Stuart Hameroff...
"Well, the brain is the organ that manifests consciousness, at least our consciousness, and, you know, it depends on who you ask. If you ask most scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers, they would share the conventional wisdom that the brain is a computer of a hundred billion neurons acting like switches or bits in a silicon computer—without much significant difference—and that because of the setup, when it reaches a critical level of computation or complexity or some kind of magic threshold, consciousness emerges.
I don’t think that is the case at all. I think consciousness is actually fundamental and intrinsic to the universe, that it’s built into the universe. We need our brain to build this complex picture of consciousness—conscious images, conscious thought, and so forth—but the raw precursors of consciousness, the components of consciousness, are what philosophers call qualia. I think they are inherent in the universe, much like mass, spin, and charge are fundamental, irreducible components. Quantum processes in the brain connect our brain to these fundamental processes intrinsic to the universe."
Clicker here http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-thirteen-august/what-is-consciousness-hameroff/ to read the full article.
Hameroff is a (if not THE) foremost leader in the study of consiousness. A wonderful opportunity to hear one of his lectures will be presenting itself in April of 2012 at the "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conference which is being held STATESIDE this year.
I don’t think that is the case at all. I think consciousness is actually fundamental and intrinsic to the universe, that it’s built into the universe. We need our brain to build this complex picture of consciousness—conscious images, conscious thought, and so forth—but the raw precursors of consciousness, the components of consciousness, are what philosophers call qualia. I think they are inherent in the universe, much like mass, spin, and charge are fundamental, irreducible components. Quantum processes in the brain connect our brain to these fundamental processes intrinsic to the universe."
Clicker here http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-thirteen-august/what-is-consciousness-hameroff/ to read the full article.
Hameroff is a (if not THE) foremost leader in the study of consiousness. A wonderful opportunity to hear one of his lectures will be presenting itself in April of 2012 at the "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conference which is being held STATESIDE this year.
Ice Cold Science Blog: About the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics
Interesting afternoon read.
Ice Cold Science Blog: About the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics: Everyone who knows at least the basics of quantum mechanics knows how tricky and counter intuitive this highly successful theory is. Even on...
Ice Cold Science Blog: About the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics: Everyone who knows at least the basics of quantum mechanics knows how tricky and counter intuitive this highly successful theory is. Even on...
Sunday, January 1, 2012
"The brain - that's my second most favorite organ!"
Current rudimentary questions at the cornerstone of my research:
If there is very little difference between mamalian brain structure and function across species, what bodes merit or significance rendering homosapians as supreme beings (for any religious fanatics - this single point of comparison is where all divine creation argument become moot so please do not respond)?
What is consciousness? What is the significance? Where is consciousness derived?
Is consciousness interchangeable and/or synonymous with the idea of a soul?
What is prohibiting a more thorough understanding of this particularly significant organ's intricacies?
If there is very little difference between mamalian brain structure and function across species, what bodes merit or significance rendering homosapians as supreme beings (for any religious fanatics - this single point of comparison is where all divine creation argument become moot so please do not respond)?
What is consciousness? What is the significance? Where is consciousness derived?
Is consciousness interchangeable and/or synonymous with the idea of a soul?
What is prohibiting a more thorough understanding of this particularly significant organ's intricacies?
Friday, December 30, 2011
Preface
"I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it."
(Albert Einstein)
(Albert Einstein)
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