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From: kpfleger@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Karl Robert Pfleger)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Emperor's New Mind
Keywords: Penrose, AI, physics
Message-ID: <12630@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 3 Jan 90 23:25:02 GMT
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Reply-To: kpfleger@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Karl Robert Pfleger)
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In article <851@holin.ATT.COM>, eskt@holin.ATT.COM (Eddie Tam) writes:

> Curiously, I have yet to be able to find a review of [Roger Penrose's
> "The Emperor's New Mind" in an American magazine or journal. Is this a
> case of Trans-Atlantic snobbery, or just my oversight?

The computer recreations column of Scientific American (December) has a
discussion of the book and its ideas. The column didn't seem to indicate
much evidence of quantum mechanical utilization in the brain. I haven't
seen the book yet.

-Karl		kpfleger@phoenix.princeton.edu
		kpfleger@pucc (bitnet)