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SUMMARY:Creative Mind and Physical Reality - Prof. Brian Josephson\, Depar
 tment of Physics\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Prof. Brian Josephson
DESCRIPTION:Traditionally in science\, specific physical laws are the basi
 s for understanding all phenomena.  Wheeler however argued (in an article 
 entitled _Law Without Law_) that the laws of physics are the consequence o
 f the action of minds (observers) themselves.  As will be discussed\, prop
 er development of this idea requires consideration of mechanisms of cognit
 ive development. This kind of picture offers the possibility of explanatio
 ns for certain phenomena\, such as the origin of life\, and the very speci
 fic details of musical compositions\, that are hard to understand on the b
 asis of conventional thinking.\n\n_This lecture is being given in conjunct
 ion with the "bdj50":http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/Josephson (Josephson semicen
 tennial) and "CiE 2012":http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/WScie12
 / (Turing Centenary) conferences\, and is open to all interested._
LOCATION:Old Combination Room\, Trinity College
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