Franky it's irrelevant. Penrose's insistence that the human mind isn't algorithmic in the Turing sense is born from his human insecurities. But if the human mind isn't bound in such a way, than any man-made computer need not be bound either. Penrose's argument falls short of being a proper dualist argument. Furthermore Roger Penrose has not proven his claims, and they are not supported by mainstream neuroscientists. He appeals to quantum woo that he pulled out of his ass.
It's not ok to argue like this on HN, so please don't. It lowers the quality of discussion in its own right and sets off a downward spiral from others.
Edit: Actually, we've banned your account. Your comment history shows that you've broken HN's civility rule so egregiously, and so repeatedly, that we should have banned it long time ago. If you don't want to be banned on HN, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and promise to follow the rules scrupulously in the future.
