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Re:Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable p... by gary_0 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:11PM (#33634466)
It's also silly because if it's a gene, then it's just using conventional chemistry to produce an effect. Plants have genes to make chloroplasts that use quantum effects[0] to efficiently do photosynthesis, but nobody is arguing the mechanism is some sort of special woo-woo science. And you can use the same tricks in a machine[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis#Efficiency

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_photosynthesis

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Re:Roger Penrose: “Consciousness must be beyond computable p... by dekhn on Thursday November 17, 2022 @12:12PM (#33642116)
Uh, yeah, when photosynthesis was first shown to exploit quantum it was called special woo-woo science. But it just exploits coherence, which is the one thing that seemed within reach of enzymes.
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