They ("synthetic neurons") are assembled in laboratories/factories.
New neuron-like cells allow investigation into synthesis of vital cellular
components
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180122164702.htm
- pt
On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 2:54:01 AM UTC-5, Cosmin Visan wrote:
>
> So ultimately they are not "artificial", but natural, grown through
> biological processes, not assembled in a factory. Then they are natural and
> are not made of atoms, but are made by invisible natural processes that are
> also responsible for the workings of consciousness. I think this fact must
> be stated out clearly: biology is not made out of atoms! I think this is
> what confuses most people. People somehow take for granted that biology is
> just atoms, and thus they don't understand how consciousness can be
> immaterial if the brain is material. That's the whole point: the brain is
> NOT material. Neither biology generally. The development of a being is not
> lead by chemical reactions, but chemical reactions are lead by invisible
> forces such that they implement the shape of the being.
>
> On Wednesday, 24 April 2019 10:12:49 UTC+3, Philip Thrift wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> This is the whole point:
>>
>> The neuronal cells being replaced in the brain can't be made of anything.
>> The replacements (synthetic neurons) have to be made of atoms/molecules
>> such that they that replicate the actual chemical processing abilities of
>> the cells they are replacing.
>>
>> - pt
>>
>> On Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 1:46:09 AM UTC-5, Cosmin Visan wrote:
>>>
>>> This is like saying: If you replace part of the computer screen with
>>> drawings made on a piece of paper, what does this indicate ? Well... it
>>> indicates that on the part replaced with the piece of paper, nothing will
>>> happen anymore.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 24 April 2019 01:41:14 UTC+3, stathisp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If we can replace part of the brain with an electronic component and
>>>> the person continues experiencing normal consciousness, what does this
>>>> indicate?
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>> Stathis Papaioannou
>>>>
>>>
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