On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 12:07, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/22/2019 6:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > You might wish to maintain this theory, but you, yourself, have directly >> contradicted it by saying that our sense of self depends on the inputs to >> the brain. The qualification "directly" adds nothing but obfuscation. >> > > The inputs to the brain affect the brain state, and our experiences depend > on the brain state. If a particular brain state could be implemented in the > absence of inputs, the experience would be the same as if the inputs were > there. Do you disagree with this? > > > I disagree with it. Experiences are not states, they're processes and the > processes include the inputs. Probably you can have experiences without > sensory input, although as I recall when sensory deprivation research was > popular it was found that after a half-hour or less one's thoughts tended > to enter a closed loop. > Hallucinations are experiences in the absence of the usual input. Hallucinations can be very realistic, which is one reason why schizophrenia is such a terrible illness. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAH%3D2ypXHmAwHfufam44yG1O_XLQMsyYCe-z_7hxOriUyuj_Qzw%40mail.gmail.com.
