Quantum thinking

September 6, 2011

Human logic is more like quantum logic than formal logic.

The Physics of Finance in “Quantum thinking” points to an article in New Scientist (actually the cover piece) about the connection between the mathematics used in quantum physics and the non-logicality of human logic.  The blog post also gives some interesting background on the writing of the piece, and ties the idea more directly to finance.

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