Juan, excellent point, for humankind intelligence the similar effect may be "skin-blowing" effect (perfect *skin regeneration*) Dorian
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Juan Carlos Kuri Pinto <[email protected]>wrote: > 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> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/17795807-366cfa2a> | > 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
