eduard, But your perspective may lead to unethical tinkering with the brains of others we deem unfit. It is a psychological and cybernetic approach, not at all...
... Right now neanderthal genetic mapping is being completed and with that concrete knowledge a reappraisal of the neanderthal mind set is taking place....
Bill, Before I consider your other post, I feel the need to address this. Yes, your privacy concerns are valid, and it doesn't require yet another 'footprint'...
But we do that already. Consider all the people who were given lobotomies with the assumption that it could affect their thinking. And then there is the use...
The last thing to go? [ I read many near death experiences because I had one myself many years ago. On reading them I found that many people claimed that sound...
Eduards comment about the harm done by religion makes me think about the relative sparcity of religion we are beginning to enjoy here in the west. Bush...
Ideas and information may be stored in individual brains but they also exist as shared, however that process occurs. Interrelatedness, connection, etc. does...
I'm always happy to learn that simple acts like signing petitions and raising awareness are effective in alleviating suffering. I can't afford to feed anyone...
The importance is the realisation that it's the brain which thinks. It is very difficult to get that point across. One might say that Philosophy is the...
Yesterday I saw the NRA President say that assault style weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines are non-negotiable. The NRA plans to focus on mental...
eduard, I think most modern peoples understand their brain is doing the thinking, and secular thought has been around since at least Aristotle and Plato. The...
I think Biden and Obama can steamroller an assualt weapons ban . I do not know if they can do it by executive order and the house does not want to go against...
I doubt the factoid that the brain is what thinks has been around since Aristotle and Plato. Some Greeks may have given some mention to it, but the general...
I am watching the talk shows and find my state marching away from the nation as a whole. The govenor is a thwow back republican conservative. There is a...
Bill, I'm reminded of the adage that when good men do nothing evil triumphs. People who want compromise, which I assume is a majority of Americans, have to...
Here all seemed in order with a well vetted Democratic gouvenor winning a solid victory. He did nothing for his constituancy. He ignored the unions and just...
Dr Snaja Gupta is running a series on neuroscience and it affirms your sayings about the brain.They are using cockroaches to demonstrate a loop from a neuron...
You misread me, eduard. I didn't say knowledge that the brain thinks has been around since antiquity; secular thought has. I don't know if philosophy has ever...
The head of the NRA boasts that no gun legislation will come out of congress. Obama will speak in an hour. I think Obama will use executive orders and force...
... "All these people that you mentioned ,I know them they are all quite lame. I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name but right now I...
Mary, The receptors do not project anything. That is why they are called "receptors". I used the example of the Greeks to show how off the mark people were...
Mary, I don't deny that there are theories of brain-mind. There are likely all sorts of explanations or theories which wish to assign some types of thinking...
eduard, When referring to anatomical differences of receptors, I forgot to specify sense organs which are variously configured and influence perception. My...
I have just seen the movie and if you want to learn recent history this show is a must. A female CIA agent changed the world. The girl joined CIA out of high...
My only point is that the idea of the apple does not "reside" within the apple, as you suggested. eduard ... From: Mary Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:07...
I just listened to the President and Vice Presiden announcing their measures to combat gun violence. I see the effort as reasonable. It is reasonable in its...
Individualism in existentialism is a central tenant. Privacy is the bullwork of freedom and the individual life. Those prone to collectivism tend to dilute...
Okay then. Ideas about objects reside in the brain, as well ideas about the brain. The notion of an object, including the brain, and all an object will come to...
