Human Consciousness: Penrose: soul survives! (Humans)

by dhw, Monday, November 07, 2016, 13:53 (2939 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: Penrose believes in microtubules in the brain carrying a quantum representation of the soul:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/728897/LIFE-AFTER-DEATH-consciousness-continue-SOUL

The heading of this thread echoes the sensational distortion of the subheading of the article:

LIFE AFTER DEATH
Shock claims of evidence showing consciousness may continue as a SOUL
Subheading: the human conscious lives on after death, scientists have sensationally claimed.

“May continue” is suddenly transformed into “lives on” in the article, and “soul survives” in David’s heading (complete with exclamation mark).

Contrast this with Penrose’s own words: “If they’re not revived, and the patient dies, it’s possible that this quantum information can exist outside the body, perhaps indefinitely, as a soul.”

It’s possible…can exist…perhaps indefinitely. A sensibly cautious hypothesis, as opposed to a sensational claim.

However, many thanks for an illuminating article which fits in with some of the ideas I am trying to formulate with a view to reconciling dualism and materialism. I will get there eventually!