Questions of Truth and Quantum Theory (Religion)

by David Turell , Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 01:46 (5738 days ago) @ Mark

Do you not see this, George? What about you David and dhw? Isn't it obvious that there is a gulf? - Your question reminds me of Roger Penrose's book "The Emperor's New Mind" and his opinion that artificial intelligence will never equal ours. Secondly it brings to mind Mortimer J. Adler's "The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes", expressing his conclusion that with our brain and consciousness we are different in "kind" and not by "degree"; we branched off from chimps about 6 million years ago. At autopsy the brains look similar as matter, theirs being 1/4th the size, but the difference in capacity for feelings, ideations, emotions, and productivity at a mental level is light-years beyond four times the chimp. It is so obvious there a a huge gulf.