Re: On influencing factors

Mark Mills (mmills@fastlane.net)
Sun, 8 Nov 98 21:37:27 -0600

Subject: Re: On influencing factors
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 98 21:37:27 -0600
From: Mark Mills <mmills@fastlane.net>
To: "Memetics List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <E0zci6a-0003I7-00@dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk>

Bill Benzon wrote:

>Folks have certainly been looking signal transduction and transmission in the
>nervous system for years. But it's one thing to follow potentials and ions
>hither and yon, and quite another to understand what/how these signals
>represent/encode perceptions, thoughts, actions, etc.

True, it is quite a leap to jump from 'signal transduction' to 'thought,'
but what other foundation can thought be built upon?

Do you think there is no connection?

Mark

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