Quantum computation and cognition: a logical approach

Giulia Battilotti

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

We show a logical calculus where massive quantum parallelism is expressed. This is possible within an inconsistent logical framework, analogous to the logic of the unconscious of I. Matte Blanco. We hypothize that inconsistency is necessary to intelligence, since it gives strong computational and then cognitive advantages to our mind.

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