On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 7:14 pm, 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> There might be some room for wiggling, but ultimately red must be red. > > On Wednesday, 24 April 2019 11:47:52 UTC+3, stathisp wrote: >> >> >> A piece of paper wouldn’t work as a computer screen replacement. >> Replacing an LCD screen for an LED screen would work; replacing a spinning >> hard drive for a solid state drive would be another example. The >> replacement component is different from the original, but it is >> functionally equivalent. Do you think it would be possible to replace any >> part of the central nervous system with a part that is different but >> functionally equivalent? >> > But the point is, you could replace a spinning drive with a solid state drive, a tape recorder with a digital recorder, a knee joint with an artificial joint. These replacements are made of completely different materials, yet are functionally similar. Is there anything to stop us replacing neurons or subcomponents of neurons with physically different but functionally similar parts? > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
