Re: Leibniz view on why why bottom up control cannot work for the brain

2013-09-03 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: Likewise the self-driving cars on earth Yes. and consciousness on the brain. Maybe :) On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Richard Ruquist

Re: Leibniz view on why why bottom up control cannot work for the brain

2013-09-02 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: A Leibnizian view on why bottom up programing cannot work for the brain 1. In order for the brain to control or govern there must be a single governor Why? 2. The single governor must be the single most dominant

Re: Leibniz view on why why bottom up control cannot work for the brain

2013-09-02 Thread Telmo Menezes
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: The Mars Rover is controlled from Earth. That's hardly a bottom-up control See George Ellis http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1212/1212.2275.pdf Hi Richard, Roger's claim was that Materialistic science and programming

Re: Leibniz view on why why bottom up control cannot work for the brain

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Ruquist
Likewise the self-driving cars on earth and consciousness on the brain. On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Telmo Menezes te...@telmomenezes.comwrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Richard Ruquist yann...@gmail.com wrote: The Mars Rover is controlled from Earth. That's hardly a bottom-up