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Comment author: [deleted] 30 January 2012 09:46:59PM 5 points [-]

The role of quantum mechanics is to provide a rationale for an ontology containing entities which are fundamental yet have complex states, something which is necessary if you don't want to think of the mind as a non-fundamental state machine.

Why don't you want to think of the mind as non-fundamental? Sounds like rationalization.

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