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Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by manjushri on Sunday March 18, 2018 @04:00PM (#16613954)
>I would be surprised if brains were able to maintain quantum coherence

Are you hypothesizing the mind is entirely self contained within the brain and independent from the rest of the body and it's environment?

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Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by cygx on Sunday March 18, 2018 @04:09PM (#16614022)
No, I'm hypothesizing that brains can be understood within the realm of classical physics.
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Re:The Best Books on the Philosophy of Mind by manjushri on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:15AM (#16618074)
Then how is that relevant? Were talking about the philosophy of mind, not just brains.
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