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		adastra22 66 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AGI is Mathematically Impossible 2: When Entropy R... Penrose’s views on consciousness is largely considered quackery by other physicists.

mrguyorama 66 days ago [–]

Nobody should care what ANY physicists say about consciousness.

I mean seriously, what? I don't go asking my car mechanic about which solvents are best for extracting a polar molecule, or asking my software developer about psychology.

adastra22 65 days ago | [–]

Yet somehow quantum woo is constantly evoked to explain consciousness.

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