Re: [agi] Images read from human brain-Old ground, new thoughts?

2008-12-12 Thread Acilio Mendes
The mentioned article is "Visual Image Reconstruction from Human Brain Activity using a Combination of Multiscale Local Image Decoders", at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WSS-4V4113M-P&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F10%2F2008&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_sort=d&view=c&_ac

Re: [agi] Cog Sci Experiment

2008-11-23 Thread Acilio Mendes
Mike, If you are interested in this line of inquiry, maybe we could devise some on-line experimentation in the line of the ESP Game to find out if any common patterning really takes place. We would need some working hypothesis. My guess is that socio-cultural factors, like native language, play a

Re: [agi] Cog Sci Experiment

2008-11-22 Thread Acilio Mendes
Mike, Just some clarification. When a mention "mentalism" i refer to the performing arts, not the brach of psychologic studies. The known facts I mentioned are found in the mentalist literature and confirmed only by the experience of the mentalists and magicians of that community. Often they clai

Re: [agi] Cog Sci Experiment

2008-11-22 Thread Acilio Mendes
>My question is: how do they know your vegetable association? And if I told you that if you didn't answer "CARROT", odds are you choose "CELERY"? Associating the result experiment with the math questions is the only association taking place here. It's caused by the distracting suggestion on the ti