X-Message-Number: 5386 From: (Isak Sebastian Lytting) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Uploading, quantum effects and speed of cognition Date: 10 Dec 1995 00:41:44 +0100 Message-ID: <> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- If the basis for cognition actually turns out to be quantum effects in microtubules inside neurons (as has been suggested by Penrose, amongst others), why would substituting electronic switches for neurons actually lead to any significant increase in speed of cognition? I should think that the quantum effects would already be about as fast as they were going to get in a biological brain. - -- Isak Lytting PGP fingerprint: FB 05 FB A6 34 F7 26 00 2F 81 AE EA B5 72 B3 15 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMMozLkMRohhKQEHRAQH/aAP8CV+7V8pKI9FrE4dayMJ5WsX0Nmv2ZcTs G1swtI2SaEFeudd79r7rjwWuEzVB+0U6SUKESzV+QoUmDHBxLnDE0iFbmemQ/hwb byH07aEvx+PcmAiO0fnUckxpwWHO6AwlX+hjifzwnv5noFMyX0wpJHLU47pTUSEB 4TgfAsLfaME= =XoWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5386