Kurzweil against an AI critic: (Humans)

by xeno6696 @, Sonoran Desert, Sunday, October 17, 2010, 21:28 (5150 days ago) @ George Jelliss

Scientists identify brain's region for introspection:
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-identify-brains-region-for-introsp... 
> "We found a correlation between introspective ability and the structure of a small area of prefrontal cortex near the front of the brain,"
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> "He said introspection was a part of consciousness unique to the human brain. By gaining an insight into the nature of introspection, scientists may gain a better understanding of conscious thought."-The book I'm reading--a concerted attack on materialism--does raise a very interesting point: I will raise this shortly under its own thread.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"


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