http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/ Philosophical Foundations of AI Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:15 GMT scanlonray http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17538 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17538 The thalamic reticular nucleus is a thin nucleus that is wrapped about the thalamus like a blanket. All the axons that pass from the thalamus to the cortex, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:50:15 GMT Francisco Boni http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17537 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17537 Timothy E. Kennelly ... You just realize that you are conscious after a volitional process, after something that, out of necessity, may triggered the need to Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:28:43 GMT scanlonray http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17536 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17536 The brain, and especially the human brain, is the only thinking machine that we know of that works. Some say that Artificial Intelligence should base its Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:54:11 GMT Eray Ozkural http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17535 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17535 I was reading an article criticizing Star Trek for its weak link to technology: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/10/why_i_hate_star_trek.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:58:19 GMT Colin T. SCHMIDT http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17534 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17534 ART, IDENTITY & DIGITALISATION 2010 CfP (sorry for any cross-postings): *Art, Identity and Digitalisation* ? S6 - April 8, 9-12 AM / 2-5 PM Symposium chairs: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:35:07 GMT Michael Olea http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17533 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17533 Here's a new book (may 2009) on computation in single cells: Wetware: A Computer In Every Living Cell, by Dennis Bray. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:00 GMT Eray Ozkural http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17532 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17532 I think what the Knowledge Argument really tells us is that phenomenal representations have to exist, and subjective experience cannot be epiphenomenal. To Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:32:11 GMT timothyekennelly http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17531 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17531 ... Mr. Martin, Your claim seems to be that the conscious mind (or brain) constructs a reality which is false. If this is true, on what ground would we know it Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:50:50 GMT Fred Martin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17530 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17530 ... Deceit works, even self deceit. In computer science it may be called 'indirection' or 'pointers'. Lower level, (subconscious)neural structures, 'point', as Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:57:37 GMT timothyekennelly http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17529 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17529 Mr. Martin, If human consciousness creates a virtual reality which is "a form of the 'deceit'" how does one ever move from it to the supposed "mysterious Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:53:44 GMT Fred Martin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17528 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17528 ... The brain supports a virtual reality : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality which through evolved inherited insanity is considered as reality. The Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:22:39 GMT scanlonray http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17527 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17527 Two nuclei are referred to by acronym: TRN ? Thalamic Reticular Nucleus. A nucleus that surrounds the thalamus. It takes input (en passant) from all Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:09:55 GMT Fred Martin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17526 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17526 It might be helpful to distinguish two separate realities 1. The virtual reality supported by your personal brain that you experience as 'reality' by Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:47:31 GMT Michael Olea http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17525 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17525 ... Purple phage all in my brain Lately things just don't seem the same ... I read recently that of the kajillion cells of a human body only about one in ten Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:59:39 GMT Eray Ozkural http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17524 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ai-philosophy/message/17524 ... Some of our distant bacterial cousins thrive on radioactive heavy metals. Even "process" those metals I've heard. That's something, and very heavy metal as