Dear Augustin, thanks for your message and I consent happily to discuss mind-irrelevant topics on mind-irrelevant lists <G> I just resent that you did not...
John M
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Jan 2, 2004 8:51 pm
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Introducing Cogitogenics In the paper about the hard problem "Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness," David Chalmers expresses another idea which deserves...
... [Augustin] I am sorry but I disagree. First, that two ideas contain the world "reality" in their expositions doesn't make them equivalent and second, even...
AgustínC.: "..because mind and body are not connectable *directly.* They must be interfaced first,and the interface is in itself another world entirely." In...
[Augustin] I don't know. I think I'll wait until I can provide further details on what I mean by cogitogenics before I comment on that, because the line of...
AugustinC.:"..it is clear that cogitogenics uses concepts already accepted by a mainstream audience.." Augustin, as you know, DChalmers is still the...
... [Dr.d'] ... [Augustin] The interface I have in mind is not linear; and therefore, one can't count on getting on one end the exact equivalent amount of...
Augustine, this is the so far most logical and tolerant description of the mental domain I read about (and this, coming from a former polymer...
John M
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Jan 3, 2004 11:42 pm
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[Augustin] But, John, it has to be an energy. What else is there that can be stored, transformed and transferred? And what else are we as living organisms...
Hi Mark, Let's say I go to the same restaurant for lunch each workday and on the way back to work notice that the light turns green for me to cross the street...
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Why Machines Should Fear Once a curmudgeonly champion of "usable" design, cognitive scientist Donald A. Norman argues that future machines will need emotions...
Towards a Neural Understanding of the Soul Professor John Taylor My abiding interest is consciousness and the brain, and has been since I was very young. To...
Now now, children, if you have to bite each other's heads off why not do it off-line?? We'd like to attract real scientists and interesting people with...
You might find this of interest. ... Dear Lenny: Many thanks indeed. Clear yes, I grasp what you say. Also thanks for telling about your learning experience,...
... I think we must all fit into the class of scientific skeptics here. What I am on about is not letting skepticism cross that line where instead of fostering...
I thought that some more open minded scientist/philosophers on this consciousness study forum might find the following commentary of interest. Perhaps, it ...
Glen, for the benefit of other readers of this list, and because I do not have unlimited time to spend wading through [virtual] reams of emails, I will ignore...
... [Augustin] Gee, thanks, dad. But this was over already -- calling people to order now could only restart the "uninteresting" squabbling. Did you actually...
[Augustin] I think John Taylor has a powerful intuition and his model, the Relational Mind Model, is perhaps one of the more accomplished ones, if not the...
Hi Mark, I'm sorry if you feel that I made ad hominem attacks against you. That was certainly not my intention. From your last post: GS before: "You can deny...
... the ... maps ... contents ... more ... brain ... the ... RKS: That is the first approximation mooted by Descartes and thrown around in different forms ever...
... [Augustin] The concept of a final screen has not been ruled out --it could be only if the puzzle of consciousness is finally solved and nothing resembling...
Spreading consciousness: awareness goes global in the brain. Science News, Oct 19, 2002, by Bruce Bower Brain-scan images are iridescent icons of today's...
Prion proteins may store memories Study hints at vital job for two-faced proteins. 30 December 2003 HELEN PEARSON Mystery proteins called prions, which can...
... [Augustin] We seem to have different mental images of what a screen is; in the brain, it is not a flat, glowing sheet of tissue nor does it hold any ...
