It may just be a bit like saying because an airplane can fly that it is equivalent to a bird.
LC On Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 6:52:43 PM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Lawrence Crowell < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > >> > Take LSD or psilocybin mushrooms and what enters the brain are >> chemical compounds that interact with neural ligand gates. The effect is a >> change in the perception of consciousness. >> > > LSD is not magical, it is a physical substance that changes the chemistry > of the brain which in turn changes the way information in the brain is > process which changes observed intelligent behavior. So the type of > intelligence displayed depends on how something physical, like matter, is > arranged. As for consciousness LSD may effect that too but I don't know > that for a fact because I've never taken LSD, although I have heard people > make noises with their mouth that sound like "it changed my consciousness". > > > >> *>The idea one could set up a computer neural network, upload some data >> file from a brain scan and that this would be a completely conscious person >> is frankly absurd. * > > > If a > computer being conscious is absurd why isn't 3 pounds of grey goo being > conscious also absurd? Is there some new law of physics I haven't head of > that only that only squishy things can be conscious? > > John K Clark > > > > -- 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.
