Different in degree or kind: An essay captures Adler (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, November 19, 2015, 05:29 (3293 days ago) @ romansh

Romansh: Note - you said:
> > David BUT they are ideas. Touch one and show me that you did. You can't. The content and meanings of thought are totally immaterial.
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> Romansh: So my brain patterns would say "No!"-Really? they don't say much, and those thoughts are still immaterial. See below:
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> Romansh: Our blood flow is a reflection of what's going on in the brain ... admittedly a very poor one. But that we can get anything out of the blood flow proxy is incredible. You might not think so; but it is way of touching what we perceive as consciousness.-I totally agree with you in this analysis, except, the blood flow tells us what region in active, but of course, it does not tell us exactly what that region is doing. So exactly what have we learned? Geography. How does consciousness work? We've found nada. The entire process is overhyped, but it is a tiny step on the way to trying to figure out consciousness. My attitude is simply cautious: don't expect or promise to much for the lay public at this time. Keep plugging.