Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id SAA06935 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:41:54 +0100 Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 18:24:01 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Determinism -- the brain is not enough Message-ID: <20010405182401.B804@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <3ACC6D2C.559AEFB9@bioinf.man.ac.uk> <Pine.WNT.4.21.0104052027420.169-100000@C157775-A.frndl1.wa.home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.21.0104052027420.169-100000@C157775-A.frndl1.wa.home.com>; from market@cc.wwu.edu on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:33:25PM -0800 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:33:25PM -0800, TJ Olney wrote:
> Actually, I don't. I think it requires a larger neural structure with sense
> organs. I don't think a brain in a bottle with no external interfaces could
> manifest a mind. I remind you of some strange things like the surface of the
> intestines having a neural density about the same as the cranium.
>
> What this of course implies is that the complexity of the brain alone may be
> insufficient. Mind requires the complexity of an outer world interacting
> with the complexity of the body/sense organs and the brain.
I'd say it requires all that plus the further complexity of social
interaction.
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