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From: "Robin Faichney" <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Determinism -- the brain is not enough
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:52:55PM +0100, Chris Taylor wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > OK, I'll accept the wider definition, but the core of this is whether
> > funny quantum stuff is required to generate the necessary complexity.
>
> It'd be a bit difficult to eliminate it, wouldn't it?
>
It may have already been done, depending upon whom one asks.
> --
> Robin Faichney
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