"I. Reichova" <reichi at ibp.cz> writes:
> From this rather strange marriage between q.m. and brain, I have
>an impression that philosophers simply joined two things that
>appear beautiful and mystical (we don't understand any of them
>fully) into one great mystery which is talked over and over
>although no one knows which it is for.
Indeed. I believe this union of quantum mechanics and neuroscience
was proposed by a physicist, though. Just why quantum mechanics are
needed to understand the relationship between neural systems and
consciousness is not clear to me -- we know so little about complex
neural systems, so why should we add quantum mechanics to the soup?
There's absolutely no empirical evidence to justify even considering
it. But I suppose that if you're a famous physicist, you can write
a book about anything and get it published. (sorry for the sarcasm)
Kevin
