On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't doubt that initial experiments would not yield ideal results. >> Neural prostheses would initially be used for people with >> disabilities. Cochlear implants are better than being deaf, but not as >> good as normal hearing. But technology keeps getting better while the >> human body stays more or less static, so at some point technology will >> match and then exceed it. At the very least, there is no theoretical >> reason why it should not. >> >> > > I'm all for neural mods and implants. Augmenting and repairing brain = > great, replacing the brain = theoretically viable only in theories rooted in > blind physicalism, in which consciousness is inconceivable to begin with. You're suggesting that even if one implant works as well as the original, multiple implants would not. Is there a critical replacement limit, 20% you feel normal but 21% you don't? How have you arrived at this insight? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
