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Roger Penrose's Emperor's New Mind discusses quantum effects and brain function. (In a minor way, our conversation is reminiscent of his dialog with Hofstader and his Godel, Escher, Bach: both focus on the same set of ideas, concepts, and phenomena, and manage to reach precisely opposite conclusions. It is even juicy at the meta level given that GEB is in part about 'figure/ground' perception.)
Yes, his life is parted in the middle. I am strictly a fan of the young, fearless, and spiritual Wittgenstein. TPL is inspired thinking. > I take PI to be divine words !!! b_b, you have some explaining to do! :)
Divine in a purely metaphorical sense; words to live by, so to speak.
When we focus on the same set of ideas and come to different conclusions, I think it speaks to our underlying assumptions about the world, which can't be dictated by reason or logic. One feels X, and another feels Y. Like our materialist vs. non-materialist conversation the other day. This type of belief can't be shown to be true or untrue; we just pick a side based on some internal criteria, and it can dictate how we feel about many things.