Come Spring, 2007, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Stanford University will be host a symposium exploring the quantum basis of perception and cognition.
November 23, 2006 (Press Release) --
Thirty-six years ago, Brian Flanagan became fascinated by the mind/body problem, the ancient question of how our thoughts, ideas, dreams and sensations get hooked up to the gray matter inside our noggins.
A few years later, it came home to him that, since the matter of our brains lives at the quantum level, maybe that was a good place to look for mind. It was the luckiest hunch of his life.
“This notion wasn't even on the lunatic fringe at the time -- it was way off the radar.”
Fast forward to Spring, 2007, when the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Stanford University will host a symposium on the subject.
They seem to think this worth mentioning at Cambridge: ir.dcs.gla.ac.uk/qi2007/
Flanagan has been pursuing R&D on the subject for all this time, with emphasis on the "R."
“I have some smarts and a healthy ego, but would never want anyone to take my word for all this -- that is not what science is about & not what I'm about -- much less invest in a venture that was pure science fiction back when I started. So I've been doing my research, thinking my thoughts and airing my views off-Broadway -- while living on Social Security disability.”
At one time, Flanagan co-moderated the "quantum-mind" forum under Stuart Hameroff, of the Penrose-Hameroff model. (“I have sharp disagreements with their approach, but Sir Roger, thanks to his prestige, put us on the map.”)
Andras Pellionisz, whose work inspired the Churchlands, among many others, wrote to tell him how delighted he was with this work, which David Chalmers (who gave us the celebrated "hard problem") liked well enough to list on his web site.
The late, lamented JS Bell (of the eponymous theorem) also wrote a letter of encouragement.
Back to the present: the AAAI and Stanford are august bodies who are rightfully conservative, protective of their reputations and not given to supporting wild speculations. They have a lot of real-world clout. They have also said that they like the paper Flanagan sent them and want to publish it.
The stakes in all this could scarcely be higher, given that Flanagan’s work directly relates to the "hidden variables" of quantum theory and so the EPR controversy -- recently revived by Hartle, Smolin, 't Hooft and Peres.
Einstein wrote that the entire future history of physics would revolve upon the resolution of this issue.
The last time this kind of fundamental shift happened, the technological spin-offs included transistors, lasers and nuclear energy -- or, the basis of our modern economies.
Flanagan has recently contacted one of the world’s foremost investors with a view to imparting the technological and economic situation. He is also getting ready to query agents and publishers in regard to a book on Quanta & Consciousness.
Quanta & Consciousness: wordassociation1.net/qcindex.htm
Before the Revolution: 90ways.com/sciarchive/sci36.php
A few years later, it came home to him that, since the matter of our brains lives at the quantum level, maybe that was a good place to look for mind. It was the luckiest hunch of his life.
“This notion wasn't even on the lunatic fringe at the time -- it was way off the radar.”
Fast forward to Spring, 2007, when the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Stanford University will host a symposium on the subject.
They seem to think this worth mentioning at Cambridge: ir.dcs.gla.ac.uk/qi2007/
Flanagan has been pursuing R&D on the subject for all this time, with emphasis on the "R."
“I have some smarts and a healthy ego, but would never want anyone to take my word for all this -- that is not what science is about & not what I'm about -- much less invest in a venture that was pure science fiction back when I started. So I've been doing my research, thinking my thoughts and airing my views off-Broadway -- while living on Social Security disability.”
At one time, Flanagan co-moderated the "quantum-mind" forum under Stuart Hameroff, of the Penrose-Hameroff model. (“I have sharp disagreements with their approach, but Sir Roger, thanks to his prestige, put us on the map.”)
Andras Pellionisz, whose work inspired the Churchlands, among many others, wrote to tell him how delighted he was with this work, which David Chalmers (who gave us the celebrated "hard problem") liked well enough to list on his web site.
The late, lamented JS Bell (of the eponymous theorem) also wrote a letter of encouragement.
Back to the present: the AAAI and Stanford are august bodies who are rightfully conservative, protective of their reputations and not given to supporting wild speculations. They have a lot of real-world clout. They have also said that they like the paper Flanagan sent them and want to publish it.
The stakes in all this could scarcely be higher, given that Flanagan’s work directly relates to the "hidden variables" of quantum theory and so the EPR controversy -- recently revived by Hartle, Smolin, 't Hooft and Peres.
Einstein wrote that the entire future history of physics would revolve upon the resolution of this issue.
The last time this kind of fundamental shift happened, the technological spin-offs included transistors, lasers and nuclear energy -- or, the basis of our modern economies.
Flanagan has recently contacted one of the world’s foremost investors with a view to imparting the technological and economic situation. He is also getting ready to query agents and publishers in regard to a book on Quanta & Consciousness.
Quanta & Consciousness: wordassociation1.net/qcindex.htm
Before the Revolution: 90ways.com/sciarchive/sci36.php
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