Brent Meeker wrote:
> No, I think Colin has point there. Your phenomenal view adds a lot of > assumptions to the sensory data in constructing an internal model of what you > see. These assumptions are hard-wired by evolution. It is situations in > which these assumptions are false that produce optical illusions. It depends on what you mean by information. Our hardwiring allows us to make better-than-chance guesses about what is really out there. But it is not information *about* what is really out there -- it doesn't come from the external world in the way sensory data does. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---