On 20 Mar 2013, at 19:16, Craig Weinberg wrote:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320115111.htm
"We are examining the activity in the cerebral cortex as a whole.
The brain is a non-stop, always-active system. When we perceive
something, the information does not end up in a specific part of our
brain. Rather, it is added to the brain's existing activity. If we
measure the electrochemical activity of the whole cortex, we find
wave-like patterns. This shows that brain activity is not local but
rather that activity constantly moves from one part of the brain to
another."
Please, don't confuse the very particular neuro-philosophy with the
much weaker assumption of computationalism.
Wave-like pattern are typically computable functions.
(I mentioned this when saying that I would say yes to a doctor only if
he copies my glial cells at the right chemical level).
There are just no evidence for non computable activities acting in a
relevant way in the biological organism, or actually even in the
physical universe.
You could point on the the wave packet reduction, but it does not make
much sense by itself.
Not looking very charitable to the bottom-up, neuron machine view.
Ideas don't need charity but in this case it is totally charitable,
even with neurophilosophy, given that in your example, those waves
still seem neuron driven.
Bruno
Craig
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