[Haskell-cafe] Quanta. Was: Wikipedia on first-class object

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Jan 6, 2008, at 15:02 , Ketil Malde wrote:

> More seriously, perhaps "quantum" enters into the equation in how the
> brain works, perhaps it is even necessary for "thought".  However, I
> get worried it's just another mystical mantra, a gratuitous factor
> that, lacking any theory about how and what it does, adds nothing to
> help understanding the issue.

I should not get into these off-topic things... but the viewpoint  
that worries you is only espoused by people looking for excuses to  
apply their favorite mystical mantra.  Quantum effects are well  
defined, but nonintuitive (for example, particles "tunneling through"  
a barrier).

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