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a) Penrose' claim is about something completely different, namely the non-algorithmic computational abilities of the brain by quantum-gravity effects

b) intuition is irrelevant - this is a proof of the physics of free-will, it doesn't matter how 'plausible' it sounds. Quantum mechanics isn't intuitive either - why should it be ?

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a) Penrose has probably made a lot of claims over the years. I may be thinking of earlier writings than you are.

b) Proofs tend to be a garbage-in-garbage-out sort of thing. It's best to check the output against your intuition because you may have made a mistake in your reasoning or, more likely, in your assumptions and definitions. Intuition is not fixed and immutable: you can develop it to include things like quantum mechanics, probably.

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