Re: [asa] Quantum physics, measurement problems, other implications?

From: Schwarzwald <schwarzwald@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Nov 13 2008 - 21:08:54 EST

Heya Chris,

If it's the weirdness of QM, the apparent issues of nonlocality and
> nondeterminacy, that interest you, a prominent example of interfacing
> such with Christian thought is in the works of John Polkinghorne. We
> have at times on this list broached the subject, though the technical
> issues are probably the main reason for the topic's comparative
> rarity.
>
> Chris
>

Polkinghorne's writing on this are particularly of interest to me - I follow
his co-writer's blog (starcourse.blogspot.com) often, and recall several
months ago him talking about being involved in some research that
demonstrated quantum interactions happening at the level of ion channels in
the brain, and thus (in his words) 'neuronal determinism is dead'.

But Polkinghorne doesn't really broach what I'm talking about. And again,
I'm not talking specifically about Christian thought here. Will mention more
of this in the reply to Christine.

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