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Bakkot on July 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 'Unprecedented' discovery could propel quantum com...

Not sure if you meant to imply the brain is an inherently quantum system or not, but if so:

> Theoretically then systems of the brain/mind should be able to be duplicated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-cloning_theorem

It's actually theoretically impossible.

loceng on July 7, 2012 [–]

Interesting. I wasn't implying it's a quantum system, not through entanglement anyhow. I'm not sure it would need to be linked in such a way for it to play its role in overall functioning.

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