That's true. I agree the brain scanning techniques such that objects can be moved are quite impressive.
I sometimes like reading these warnings about research results, be it in neuroscience or AI, partly because it's easy to get a little too carried away and swept up with optimism and later on you wonder how much of it is warranted. Especially in AI, as you know, it is not a good idea to talk really loudly and boldly about having solved the big issues. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Mike Tintner <[email protected]> wrote: > Point taken. But perhaps too sweeping. If for example, with mirror neurons, > the same neurons that light up when handling an object, also light up when > watching s.o. else handling that object - that does tell us something. To > know that certain areas are implicated in a process, even if we don't > understand the full brain process, is valuable - especially if, when those > areas are knocked out, the process becomes impossible. > > Ditto, it was important to know that Damasio's patients' emotional systems > were neuronally damaged, and not just psychologically. > > There must be plenty more experimental principles which make neuroscientific > research still v. valuable - even if the writer's point is good. Anyone > think of more? Obviously brain-machine interfaces by which humans control > machines, have also got to move us towards understanding the brain's > engrams. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Archbold" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:45 AM > To: "AGI" <[email protected]> > Subject: [agi] Problem with Neuroscience (link to article) > >> I like the occasional "sober up about neuroscience" article. This one >> is nice and short. >> >> >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/06/18/the-problem-with-neuroscience-narratives/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5 >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
