Thread: October 14, First Contact

Originally Posted by The Cusp

Never heard of quantum mechanics?

Read up on what actual neuroscientists and philosophers think about quantum mechanics and it's relation to the brain. They all agree it is a very unlike silly 'last straw' for all the people that really really want there to be a soul or telepathy or whatever. It is not based on any evidence that quantum mechanics have any effect on the brain.

It's really an insult to the great minds of physics that actually research quantum mechanics that kids like you misuse it to back up any theory they want to believe, without even proper knowledge about it or evidence of a link between the two. You are just fucking the scientific method in the ass you fucking douchebag.

Roger Penrose, one of the great figures in theoretical physics, did advocate that quantum physics has an effect in the microtubules within neurons.

He's not a neuroscientist though, and his speculation has been discredited. Microtubules aren't involved in processing, and even then they are too large to be affected. The mind can hence be explained entirely by classical mechanics; quantum theory plays no part.

is it half empty or half full? perspective is everything

Should I call my friend Dave or David?

And now for the more pertinent question: who gives a shit?

A guy at my work knows about this, told him "i will be the first to screw an alien".

I got my dibs ready, you guys can go after for sloppy seconds.