On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:59 PM Jason Resch <jasonre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What role do you see decoherence playing in consciousness? In other > words, could you explain why shedding IR photons into an external > environment necessary for the mind to be conscious? > Consciousness is a classical phenomenon since the brain is a classical object (not in a state of quantum coherence). So decoherence, and the emergence of the classical from the quantum, is essential for consciousness. Just as to be conscious is to be conscious of something, such as the external world. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLT5J8JUjVrcCoC%3DCwnw8_VnYxfqQJYt8xZnoSV2p8bCMA%40mail.gmail.com.
