Ourcellves? (Identity)

by David Turell , Saturday, April 12, 2014, 19:20 (3661 days ago) @ romansh


> Romansh: But there is an inherent fallacy in the sum of the energies of the neurons that create it.-That is why I put it as I did. Thought may result from neural energy, but the thought itself is without any energy component in it. That is why consciousness is so tough to explain.
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> Romansh; Imagine someone deprived from all sensory input from a very early age. This person will not develop a sense of self I would argue. It is our sensory inputs that shape our neural pathways together with other bodily functions.-Yes, our sensory inputs shape our neural pathways. Helen Keller had only touch and smell but she certainly developed a self. Are you saying that she had no sense of self, until she was taught? I don't buy that. 
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> Romansh; Looking them separately is a fallacy ... as any lumper should understand.
> Unless you really are a splitter and you have a realtively coarse split at the body?-No, I lump. Self is molded by experiences, no doubt, but I don't worry about the strange bioelectrical apparatus we have been given to work with. We learn to play it like a fine violin, if we wish. And you and I couldn't be having this clear exchange of thoughts without it.