Please, don't misinterpret this neuroscientific fact. The worm's body does not have a copy of the brain memories. Once the head and the brain regrow, such nervous system is easy to retrain and is supposed to converge to the same kind of neural attractors that are produced by learning the same abstract patterns of Reality.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Indeed ... and while this empirical finding is very cool, that general > point is not news to any biologist !! ... > > I am giving a brief "position paper" talk on this topic at AGI-13 in a > couple weeks, for example... > > http://goertzel.org/agi-13/Body_mind_paper_v1.pdf > > ;) > ben > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:14 AM, tintner michael <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> What it also tends to confirm is what we can already deduce from >> evolution - that a brain is only the "headquarters" of cognitive >> operations in a living agent, not the whole organization. >> >> >> On 14 July 2013 17:42, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Which shows that memories can be stored in neurons outside the brain -- >>> at least in planaria. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:23 AM, tintner michael < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/161092-decapitated-worms-can-regenerate-their-brains-and-the-memories-stored-inside >>>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/3701026-786a0853> | >>>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] >>> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/6952829-59a2eca5> | >>> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >>> <http://www.listbox.com> >>> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279> | >> Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23601136-e0982844> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <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-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
