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Whoa.
Okay I just had a great idea - the problem with linking consciousness to quantum effects is that of the scales involved - quantum effects should just be ironed out. Except, of course, when these quantum effects are resonant - like a swing, the timing and location of pushes directly determines how big the swing gets.
So how do we characterize "well-timed" quantum influences? I need to learn more about the physics of the brain, but I know that using principles of concatenated error correction preserves larger-scale resonance.
Yes, I said it. Error correction. Quantum systems have configurations that are self-correcting (if the system has an ideal state, minor deviations will correct itself given a little time); hierarchies of these systems would be stable and resonant at time lengths and spatial durations much larger than the characteristic scale of influence of a single quantum particle. Maybe consciousness is quantum resonance - and the molecular materials of our brains are self-correcting quantum systems.
We should probably look at the electro-chemical processes of our brains and see if there's any similarities to the quantum error-correcting codes we've come up with over the past couple years.
ALSO! Question: What, in your opinion, is the best suggestion for ending world poverty? ( I'll allow you to impose upon yourself any pragmatic restrictions. )
Okay I just had a great idea - the problem with linking consciousness to quantum effects is that of the scales involved - quantum effects should just be ironed out. Except, of course, when these quantum effects are resonant - like a swing, the timing and location of pushes directly determines how big the swing gets.
So how do we characterize "well-timed" quantum influences? I need to learn more about the physics of the brain, but I know that using principles of concatenated error correction preserves larger-scale resonance.
Yes, I said it. Error correction. Quantum systems have configurations that are self-correcting (if the system has an ideal state, minor deviations will correct itself given a little time); hierarchies of these systems would be stable and resonant at time lengths and spatial durations much larger than the characteristic scale of influence of a single quantum particle. Maybe consciousness is quantum resonance - and the molecular materials of our brains are self-correcting quantum systems.
We should probably look at the electro-chemical processes of our brains and see if there's any similarities to the quantum error-correcting codes we've come up with over the past couple years.
ALSO! Question: What, in your opinion, is the best suggestion for ending world poverty? ( I'll allow you to impose upon yourself any pragmatic restrictions. )