I always knew math was bullshit.
Math was invented by the bourgeoisie to create currency. The Soviets engineered all of their rockets using vibes.
Whoever wrote this has no idea what a quantum computer is
An interesting sci fi concept I read suggests that neurons are made of quantum particles at a certain level, which allows us to contemplate multiple choices at once, instead of running entirely on base instincts.
No idea whatsoever if there’s any credence to it. Just thought it sounded cool and plausible enough at the time of reading.
Just skimmed this, but this raises my bullshit flag. Being proximate to neuroscience briefly, I came to the conclusion that all “brain as a quantum computer” so far is wishful thinking. It is mostly just “Quantum Computers are more special than normal computers, brains are more special than normal computers. Maybe the reasons brains are special and have consciousness is that it is quantum!” and then working backwards to some extremely flimsy mechanism for quantum computing in the brain.
i used to be interested in the “quantum theory of consciousness” that i think penrose and some other guy proposed. basically random particle effects happening inside microtubules on neurons were contributing to neuron firing patterns. pretty sure it’s been somewhat debunked.
Yeah, that was the main one I had in mind. There are others that mostly just point at nuclear spins can go several seconds without decohering in molecules in neurons and came up with these being passed between neurons by chemical reactions. But that one never seemed too fleshed out.
