Has Penrose got past The Emperor's New Mind yet?
It was philosophically pretty dubious even at an undergraduate level....
(, Tue 7 Jun 2022, 9:00, Reply)
^This^
One of my all time favourite books, and have read it several times, but for the physics, not the philosophy.
To write a book proposing a mechanism for free-will and not once addressing what free-will might actually entail seems... odd. Physicists (rightly) have a go at philosophers for borrowing concepts like many-worlds without really understanding theml; well, the reverse can also be true...
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FridgeBadger, Tue 7 Jun 2022, 14:20,
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He is working on different things
but it follows him around because it's the only thing people want to ask him about after lectures.
He might still believe it, but it's not something he seems that interested in.
(, Tue 7 Jun 2022, 15:39, Reply)