The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 22:08 (5395 days ago) @ David Turell

There's also been several studies on humans that have demonstrated that the brain makes decisions before we are consciously aware of them. (This should seem plainly obvious though as thoughts travel the speed of light.) 
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> I really like following your comments. The brain is not like a computer, which has to wait until the end of the algorithm. I am sure Penrose is correct. AI will never equal the brain. The plasticity of brain development is truly amazing:
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> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17489-girl-with-half-a-brain-retains-full-vision.... - Dr. Turell,
I at least hope some things I discuss are new... I hate not offering new insights. - I'm getting a better idea on the "immaterial" issue. It's just not something I spent much time thinking about before Adler's book. To counter my own previous claim, though a person can drastically sustain a traumatic injury (such as the girl in the article, or Phineas Gage) the MIND didn't die. It's not to say that the person is the same, but it seems that only death itself seems to cause someone to "give up the ghost." At least at the moment, it doesn't seem to be the case that there is a "critical threshold" in terms of the existence of mind. You've either got one or you don't. I can think of some experiments to test that... but I'm not Dr. Mengele. - - As for your computer comments,

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