Brain complexity: whole brain vision mechanisms (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, November 07, 2015, 15:26 (3304 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: I don't think anyone would claim that the brain is objectively reliable, since different people so often see the same thing differently.-Eye witness memory is often at odds because the events are sudden, startling and even confusing.-> dhw: On our epistemology thread ages ago, I suggested that the nearest we can get to objective truth is some kind of consensus, but I agree with you that when this consensus is achieved, and especially when science and technology confirm the accuracy of our perceptions, it is absurd to assume that none of them are accurate. In fact, our daily lives would turn to sheer chaos if our perceptions did not for the most part correspond to reality.-Absolutely correct.
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> dhw: I would take Goris's statement one step further and suggest that we will probably never understand how thought can emerge from materials. If you agree, perhaps you will stop asking me how cells might be able to ‘think'!-Networks of plastic neurons make human thought. I'll always question your fondest wish that ordinary somatic cells can ponder their future.