Guest guest Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 B: The " brain " is not an essential construct. > The same essential piece could have been written > just speaking of " moments " and moments arising. > But the metaphor of " the brain " allowed a natural > analogy to computer screens and notion of a " refresh " . > > The metaphor is intended to convey an " ineffable " . > If by some miracle the ineffable is conveyed, then > the concepts utilized for such conduction are > disposable (like a food wrapper). They have no > inherent value. > > > > > > >N: This debate is great fun and you guys are talking a bit over my head, but > we have creatures on earth with brains of all sizes and varying levels of > complexity and yet there is no denying that, so far, humans stand as a breed > apart in many regards. Certainly we have to attribute consciousness and > brains to many of the other critters and we can build computers that mimic > many of our own brain functions, only faster and with less risk of error > once the program is debugged. P: No, Nora, we're not talking above your head, you do understand better than Bill that the brain is an essential construct ( organ.) Even ants understand that, see interesting news below: http://news./s/mcclatchy/20090512/sc_mcclatchy/3231765 Well, maybe, some nondualists do not get it that everything, including consciousness, depends on information to exist. There cannot be any sense of existing without information. And there can't be any information without particles of some sort creating and responding to patterns. Information could be defined as the contrast between chaos and form, and the brain is the detector par excellence of form emerging from chaos. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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