Hey Craig,
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
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> There is no misunderstanding. It's not even controversial, you're just
> plain denying the uncontested facts. Don't you think that if there
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On Oct 13, 7:04 pm, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
> >> A person who has the visual cortex of his brain replaced with a
> >> functionally equivalent computer will behave as if he can see
> >> normally, claim that he can see normally and believe
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
>> The external inputs themselves are not modelled, they are provided by
>> the environment.
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> What is an 'external input' made of? Are you saying that there are
> physical pieces of the outside world stuck inside of your brain?
The outsid
On Oct 13, 4:49 pm, Jason Resch wrote:
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> > it's own. There is no suggestion that a sightblind patient has been
> > reduced to a talking parrot by their condition. We
On Oct 13, 2:53 pm, Quentin Anciaux wrote:
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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
>> A person who has the visual cortex of his brain replaced with a
>> functionally equivalent computer will behave as if he can see
>> normally, claim that he can see normally and believe that he can see
>> normally. It is therefore not like
On Oct 13, 12:47 am, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
> >>The model of a neuron does not include the inputs. A
> >> larger model of a network of neurons includes inputs and outputs from
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 05:20:11PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> >I certainly appreciate you don't use Bayes' theorem in your work, but
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Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> I don't defend any truth but I am still offering a reasoning to you.
> If you find it invalid it is your task to find the flaw. That's is by
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
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Just to clarify, when I say we need discipline to avoid getting
emotionally attached to beliefs, I don't mean it in the sense of
punishment and reward. I mean "disciplined" (not lazy) and rigorous
about always being willing to doubt what we hold to be true, and that
this goes against our natural wi
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On Oct 13, 11:04 am, Jason Resch wrote:
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On 12 Oct 2011, at 23:48, Russell Standish wrote:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 02:54:01PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
On 11 Oct 2011, at 22:14, Russell Standish wrote:
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 06:03:42PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote:
With COMP, and via your UDA, our observed universe is select
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
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On Oct 13, 1:51 am, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
> >http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1676
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> > "As stated above, blindsight is seen clinically as a contrast between
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On Oct 13, 12:52 am, Jason Resch wrote:
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On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:43, benjayk wrote:
Bruno Marchal wrote:
You might say "cannot be captured entirely", but anyone has the right
to suggest hypotheses and reasoning in any field. Questions makes
always sense.
I think you might attribute to me pretensions that I do not have.
If you just ask
On Oct 12, 11:06 pm, meekerdb wrote:
> Or is it telling the truth if it says it can see?
Then it wouldn't have blindsight?
Craig
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