Brent Meeker writes: > Almost is not completely. In any case, I don't think consciousness is > maintained > indefinitely with no inputs. I think a "brain-in-a-vat" would go into an > endless > loop without external stimulus.
That's an assumption, but even if true it would only say something about the nature of human brains. It is easy enough to imagine a brain with self-excitatory neurons that provide the same kind of input as the environment does, modulating their activity in response to feedback from other neurons. It would just be a technical problem to ensure that it didn't go into an endless loop. Stathis Papaioannou _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
