I don't have a problem with living neurological systems extending their functionality with mechanical prosthetics, it's the other way around that is more of an issue. People driving cars doesn't mean cars driving human minds.
On Jul 21, 5:48 am, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > On 21 Jul 2011, at 00:58, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:40 AM, Craig Weinberg > > <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chickens can walk around for a while without a head also. It doesn't > >> mean that air is a viable substitute for a head, and it doesn't mean > >> that the head isn't producing a different quality of awareness than > >> it > >> does under typical non-mortally wounded conditions. > > > I think you have failed to address the point made by several people so > > far, which is that if the replacement neurons can interact with the > > remaining biological neurons in a normal way, then it is not possible > > for there to be a change in consciousness. The important thing is > > **behaviour of the replacement neurons from the point of view of the > > biological neurons**. > > And interfacing biological neurons with non biological circuits is not > sci.fi., nowadays. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0eZytv6Qk&feature=related > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g&feature=fvwrel > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EvOlJp5KIY > > This is NOT a proof, nor even strong evidences for computationalism, > but it is strong evidence that humans will believe in comp, and > practice it, no matter what. > > Bruno > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
