Comments on: Mind/Brain Duality (or lack thereof) http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/ Not actually all that shocking. Mon, 07 May 2012 08:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: brock http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-46410 brock Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:14:44 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/#comment-46410 Amanda: I guess it's just a question of degree. "Many" is kind of an ambiguous term. Perhaps I should have said "there are some". Amanda: I guess it’s just a question of degree. “Many” is kind of an ambiguous term. Perhaps I should have said “there are some”.

]]> By: Amanda http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-46407 Amanda Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:06:29 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/#comment-46407 I think this is very well put. The one thing I would disagree with is the "consciousness of a 1 year old" part. While a 1 year old child may not have the cognitive capacity of, say, an African Grey Parrot or a pig (both, I have been told, have the capacity of a 3 year old, though I have not fact-checked this), they are quite "conscious" in the sense that they are aware of their environment, interact with it, know the difference between their parents and strangers, know what they want etc. I guess it depends on how you define consciousness though. I think this is very well put. The one thing I would disagree with is the “consciousness of a 1 year old” part. While a 1 year old child may not have the cognitive capacity of, say, an African Grey Parrot or a pig (both, I have been told, have the capacity of a 3 year old, though I have not fact-checked this), they are quite “conscious” in the sense that they are aware of their environment, interact with it, know the difference between their parents and strangers, know what they want etc. I guess it depends on how you define consciousness though.

]]> By: brock http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-45868 brock Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:02:49 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/#comment-45868 Indeed it is. Indeed it is.

]]> By: Rob http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-45858 Rob Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:54:57 +0000 http://virtuallyshocking.com/2008/02/12/mindbrain-duality-or-lack-thereof/#comment-45858 Mice minds are already running on our supercompuers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6600965.stm The singularity is near. Mice minds are already running on our supercompuers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6600965.stm

The singularity is near.

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