Mike Tintner wrote
You partly illustrate my point - you talk of artificial brains as if
they actually exist
That's the magic of thinking in scenarios. For you it may appear as if
we couldn't differentiate between reality and a thought experiment.
By implicitly pretending that artificial
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Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 1:50:45 PM
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http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-07-20utm_campaign=newsletter_weeklyutm_medium=email
Good lecture worth looking at about how trade - exchange
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-07-20utm_campaign=newsletter_weeklyutm_medium=email
Good lecture worth looking at about how trade - exchange of both goods and
ideas - has fostered civilisation. Near the end introduces a v. important
of the individual. Plus you get sexual benefits.
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From: Jan Klauck jkla...@uni-osnabrueck.de
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:25 PM
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Mike Tintner wrote
Near the end introduces a v
Ah the collective brain is saying something else as well - wh. is another
reason why I was hoping to get a discussion. It's exemplified in the example
of the mouse.
Actually, Ridley is saying, the complete knowledge to build a mouse does not
reside in any individual brain, or indeed by
Mike Tintner wrote
No, the collective brain is actually a somewhat distinctive idea.
Just a way of looking at social support networks. Even social
philosophers centuries ago had similar ideas--they were lacking our
technical understanding and used analogies from biology (organicism)
instead.
they're forgotten.
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From: Jan Klauck jkla...@uni-osnabrueck.de
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:56 AM
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Mike Tintner wrote
No, the collective brain is actually a somewhat
represent one
dimension of what is needed for a brain.
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From: Jan Klauck jkla...@uni-osnabrueck.de
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Mike Tintner wrote
, but most of the time
they're forgotten.
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From: Jan Klauck jkla...@uni-osnabrueck.de
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:56 AM
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Mike Tintner wrote
No, the collective brain
