On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 12:07, 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 7/22/2019 6:19 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > > You might wish to maintain this theory, but you, yourself, have directly >> contradicted it by saying that our sense of self depends on the inputs to >> the brain. The qualification "directly" adds nothing but obfuscation. >> > > The inputs to the brain affect the brain state, and our experiences depend > on the brain state. If a particular brain state could be implemented in the > absence of inputs, the experience would be the same as if the inputs were > there. Do you disagree with this? > > > I disagree with it. Experiences are not states, they're processes and the > processes include the inputs. Probably you can have experiences without > sensory input, although as I recall when sensory deprivation research was > popular it was found that after a half-hour or less one's thoughts tended > to enter a closed loop. > Hallucinations are experiences in the absence of the usual input. Hallucinations can be very realistic, which is one reason why schizophrenia is such a terrible illness. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAH%3D2ypXHmAwHfufam44yG1O_XLQMsyYCe-z_7hxOriUyuj_Qzw%40mail.gmail.com.
