Folks, Artificial Intelligence (AI), or better, people behind it - have dreams to make machines to, et least, mimic human behaviour or some parts of it. ...
Folks, An idirect evidence of sketchy images - as I call them - is reported here: http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/041101_False_memory.html Sincerely, ...
Why Pete Sampras and others ask for two or three tennis balls at service, before selecting one, is explained on page 331 of "The Physics and Technology of...
... It is odd that today I bought 3 tennis balls (for a family member), and asked the store keeper which of the tennis balls would be preferred and why. Oddly,...
Folks, Consciousness and what it sees is not something we are born with. It is, a kind of, learned as we grow up into a culture. The first signs of it are ...
Hi, Damir and all; how may one assert in the absolute mode, "consciousness and what it sees is not something we are born with" is an interesting topic. A...
"jim", Under the term "consciousness" we find practically "everything" about us - and this does not help to clarify the issue. Instead of "putting everything ...
Don, There is a difference between the two. While we are conscious of something with a half a second delay our perception is practically instantaneous. This is...
Personally, I am unable to remember anything prior to about 3 years old. I
am not conscious of any pre-birth experiences or any prior life experiences.
I did...
Hi Damir; it might be better, than to adopt personalist redefining of word, e.g. "consciousness," to sublabel a *type* of consciousness that addresses the...
Don, Personally, I'm also having vague early memories - as early I was about two. Never precisely dated/confirmed by my parents - but there were quite a few ...
"jim", "consciousness = practically 'everything'" - What does it mean? I'm well aware that philosophical "debate clubs" (as well as some scientists) would...
Thanks for reply. I am curious why you are a monist? You, apparently, have
chosen to disregard the philosophy of dualism. Can you explain Why? How do
you...
Don, I haven't chosen to disregard dualism - I simply found it unworkable and misleading - and this is quite visible in non-issue called mind/body division. As...
Damir: I agree that dualism is very difficult to reconcile, but many
aspects of dualism seem self-evident to me. It's much like what Plato
advocated with his...
... NASA to study Rain Man's mind THE man whose autistic brilliance inspired the film <em>Rain Man </em>is to undergo scientific tests using space-exploration...
Folks, Lamarckism is gaining new support as shown in this article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041104001033.htm This is a small, but...
"jim", What we are conscious of is not necessarily verbalised. Let us say that it is well within the domain of our cultural imprint - but not yet associated...
"jim", We might be better off with "expressionable" for we might use a tune, for example. We should also keep in mind that we also express much more than what...
"jim', I thought that I answered both questions - but I might have missed something. "Expressionable" (consciousness) is not necessarily verbalisable, although...
Hi Damir; So, "consciousness" is "expressionable," not necessarily with notes, words, etc.? Thanks, j. ... although ... what cost? ... one ... else). ... ...
My "consciousness" is a result of my "awareness". I don't think one can
separate the two concepts. Consciousness is a result. Awareness is a result.
Both are...
"jim", I think that I made a terminological error by using "expression" in two different meanings. I apologise for the resulting confusion and rephrase my ...
Hi Damir; Is "non-conscious thought" occurring in the "innermost thoughts/feelings"? "Display" includes the above as "present-ed"? "Ways of the display" =...
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