On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:09:00 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > On 17 October 2013 11:57, Craig Weinberg <whats...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:32:44 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> Interesting! One part of the brain controlling another (I guess it does >>> this anyway but not in the same way). >>> >> >> The question is, what is controlling the first part of the brain? >> > > I'm not sure if it's controlled, exactly. Some would consider it > autonomous, although it has a lot of input that "drives" it - both from the > rest of the brain and the environment (which I guess means the rest of the > body, including the senses). >
There isn't really any room for an autonomous 'it' though when I'm introspectively controlling parts of my own brain. If my will can control what a neuron does then it is my will that controls the neuron, not the brain being passively driven by its own input. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
