On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6:58:58 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6:15:16 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>> Why is a brain in a box made of bone fundamentally different from a >>>> brain in a box made of glass? >>>> >>> >>> >* * >>> *The difference is obvious; a brain encased in bone isn't isolated.* >>> >> >> And a brain in a glass box >> >> would't be isolated either, it would be connected to the internet and a >> virtual body or a robot body or anything else it wanted to be connected to. >> And the connections would be far more information intensive than the meager >> connections brains now have. >> >> John K Clark >> > > "It" wanted? But without a body "it" wouldn't exist. Before this model > passes the smell test, you need a model that explains how "it" comes into > being, and where; that is, how it is localized. AG >
Human neurons evolved to accept input from a nervous system embedded in a human body. Do you really think you can attach them to anything else, such as the Internet, and everything is good to go? AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
