Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA14650 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:36:00 GMT Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:22:31 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Darwinian evolution vs memetic evolution Message-ID: <20010206132231.B550@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3A7F2453.32389.475E56@localhost>; <20010206091236.B557@reborntechnology.co.uk> <3A7F8CB0.27790.1DF1843@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <3A7F8CB0.27790.1DF1843@localhost>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:33:36AM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:33:36AM -0600, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
> >
> Freedom means that our emergent self-conscious awareness can
> exert causal control, not just over our bodies, but over our brains;
Saying so doesn't make it so, Joe!
> in
> the short run, in the neuronal activity patterns (what we choose to
> think of, and how we choose to think of it (memory, anticipation,
> directed perception, abstract cognition, etc.)) influences what parts
> of our brain are more used (and PET scans bear this out),
How so? I wasn't aware that free will showed up on PET scans.
> and in
> the long run, the free-will motivated continued usage of some
> neuronal pathways rather than others selectively strengthens and
> myelinizes them (by virtue of the electrochemical activity of the
> neurons being utilized stimulating production of the myelination-
> facilitating MAP-2 protein on site).
Evidence, please.
And would you say that the strengthening and myelinization of pathways
enhances or diminishes freedom of the will???
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