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Quantum Randomness Gives Nature Free Will

Whether or not quantum randomness explains how our brains work, it may help us create unbreakable encryption codes

Cryptography requires true, unhackable randomness, not just a string of numbers that looks random to us because we don’t know how they are generated. Because the quantum world truly is random, quantum random number generators would truly be random and are a potential solution.

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Human Consciousness May Not Be Computable

One model of consciousness would mean that conscious computers are a physical impossibility

As long as computers simply get faster and use more memory, there is no reason to worry about a self-aware Skynet.

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