The Emperor's New Mind

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   The human mind can do things that no computer can do, because of the limits of computation.

   The Emperor's New Mind · 1989

   The mechanism of the human mind transcends computation, being inaccessible to any algorithm.

   Think of a computer that can solve any math problem. Penrose says it's not possible, because some problems are too complex. He believes our brain uses something special, like a superpower, that computers don't have. It's like trying to measure a shadow with a ruler.

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