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To: vaderetro, gore3000, woollyone, kevin curry, cultural jihad, wirestripper, realpatriot71, physicist
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3 posted on 09/30/2001 4:56:55 PM PDT by What about Bob?
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To: What about Bob?
I'm not sure why you'd think anyone would flame you for the article. It was interesting, and I enjoyed the author's position. I don't have the time to go into what I think are the weaknesses and strengths of both sides of the argument (besides it looks like these were covered in earlier posts). However, I would say that I find it interesting that Penrose admits that the mind does not work like a computer, but at the same time he feels that the mind will be understood by "new" laws of physics. What I find interesting here is that the laws of physics as we understand them work primarily in a bianry fashion, in other words, computer-like.

He dismisses a "God of the gaps," but at the same time has faith that his "math of the gaps" will be sufficient. I think Penrose's arguments leave a gaping hole plenty wide enough to allow for God

103 posted on 10/01/2001 12:26:35 PM PDT by realpatriot71
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