From: Noam Chomsky < Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 2:18 AM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: RE: Re: > It's absolutely true that for study of choice of action, the computer model is not helpful at all. That's something I've been arguing for many decades, in opposition to most physicists these days, who claim that choice of action reduces to determinacy and randomness (i.e., programmable). I think it may have come up in the Krauss discussion. I also discussed it again in my Dewey lectures in the J. of Philosophy in December 2013. I don't frankly see how the Schrodinger analogy helps in this case. To clarify, the people I mentioned weren't students working on computers. Rather, professional mathematicians and physicists. The two who have been attending seminars for many years, and have published in areas very closely related to my work, are a mathematician and quantum physicist at Northeastern. Noam From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 9:57 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: brain as a computer? as silly as artificial intelligence., The simple example I teach re quantum is when i try to decide should i order fish or meat. for the moment before I order ( as you an I agree ms before i even am concious of ordering. ) both choices like schroedingers cat exist as a superpostioned wave function that collapses and a choice is made. . yes i am taking liberties.. the students you referred to you suggest are working on computers, not very odd that they might see you I language conforming to their pre perceptions On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Noam Chomsky < <mailto > wrote: I have a VERY thick skin, and love to hear criticism. One of the best ways to learn. And I've often given up closely held beliefs on the basis of persuasive argumentation. But in this case, I just don't see the arguments. EFTA_R1_01299988 EFTA02338123