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SUMMARY:Life\, extended mind\, and physical reality - Prof. Brian Josephso
 n\, Mind-Matter Unification Project\, Department of Physics\, University o
 f Cambridge
DTSTART:20100505T163000Z
DTEND:20100505T173000Z
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CONTACT:Prof. Brian Josephson
DESCRIPTION:* _A_ "*video*":http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/871489 _of the talk
  is now available._\n\nThe problem of how life came into existence remains
  a major challenge in biology.  In this lecture I shall develop an explana
 tion for the existence of ordinary life based upon the hypothesis that a f
 orm of life\, not dependent on matter\, existed prior to the big bang\, ev
 olving ideas and their applications in a similar way to the way that human
  societies do.  Universes\, and the kind of life with which we are familia
 r\, are viewed as outcomes of that technology.  This hypothesised extended
  mentality may clarify a number of other issues\, for example the role of 
 the observer in quantum mechanics\, and human capacities that are hard to 
 account for purely in terms of brain functioning.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 3\, Mill Lane
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