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Which is probably not relevant for the problem at hand: I would be surprised if brains were able to maintain quantum coherence, which means quantum effects will effectively reduce to classical probabilities...


>I would be surprised if brains were able to maintain quantum coherence

Are you hypothesizing the mind is entirely self contained within the brain and independent from the rest of the body and it's environment?


No, I'm hypothesizing that brains can be understood within the realm of classical physics.


Then how is that relevant? Were talking about the philosophy of mind, not just brains.




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