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I’m still not clear on your point; are you saying that only a classical description of consciousness, the brain, etc, is possible, or what exactly do you mean? I always speak in terms of correspondence, but it is not clear to me in what terms you speak.

There must be a misunderstanding, Dale; my comment 102 wasn't directed at you, in the sense of replying to anything you had said. It seemed appropriate to remind everyone that there are too many open problems in neuroscience to fully address the question posed in the thread. I commented on which...

You say that as if consciousness had been explained.

I find it hard to believe that my brain is the only place in the universe where quantum effects do not exist. For someone who believes that human beings, with their thoughts and emotions, are built from atoms, it shouldn't seem strange. It would be natural to doubt this if, like Demystifier...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_neuroscience Of that entire list, there is one problem that, from my point of view, is the most important, since its solution could alter the solutions to the other problems: "Do quantum mechanical phenomena, such as entanglement and...

If the sun were to disappear instantly, you would continue to experience its gravity for some time, even though the source no longer exists. AdS, for example, is another case of a vacuum with curvature; in this instance, the concept of the "source of the curvature" is even more complex.

The concept is simple: a person equipped with the technology needed to monitor their brain activity and other functions undergoes psychoanalysis sessions with a psychologist. The goal is to create a dictionary linking thoughts to brain signals. This process is then repeated with many patients...

By "variable speed of light," do you mean that if you accelerate to *c* in a race against a pulse of light, the pulse accelerates to 2*c* so that it is always moving at *c* relative to you? Something like that?

Oops, thanks, I didn't see it.

I am amazed at how long it has taken for this matter to be mentioned on PF. A Millennium problem, C-D, has been solved (or so it seems). We should have been talking about this since yesterday. (I have been trying since yesterday to apply OpenAI's work to gain a deeper understanding of black...

Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction https://share.google/hk4zvNxU6UEZfs6r7 From wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity, "Gravitons, string theory, supersymmetry, extra dimensions in LQG": "Since LQG has been formulated in 4 dimensions (with and without supersymmetry), and...

Suffice it to say that supersymmetry would be found in a different range than expected (we’ve bought ourselves some time). The theory being tested and wich governs what happens at the LHC is QFT, no ST. The idea of "asymptotic safety" in QFT remains a possibility.

Or not. In this regard, the only thing we know with relative certainty is that wherever there is complex, intelligent life, there is microbial life; however, the existence of complex, intelligent life is not a prerequisite for the existence of microbial life.

The multiverse is not part of the scientific consensus; we operate based on the idea of a single universe. Consequently, the concept of "inter-universal panspermia" is invalid; life in this universe does not originate from another universe. We know that this universe transitioned from states...

You, on the other hand, seem to assume that if both microbial life and complex intelligent life exist in the universe, their abundance would be the same, and therefore it would be easier to find signs of complex intelligent life. The fact that microbial life is simpler than complex intelligent...