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Ghost in the machine |
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Victor MacGill |
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Mar 11, 06 - 2:18 PM |
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In regard to the ghost in the machine mentioned in the editorial, I have just finished reading "How the Brain makes up it's mind" by Walter J Freeman, which takes a complexity theory viewpoint to look at the operation of the brain.
Seeing the brain as a complex adaptive system with the property of emergence allows us to get past the ghost in the machine problem, consciousness is an emergent property of millions of neurons operating in complex ways. The book talks a lot about intentionality, how do millions. billions of neurons interact, with some parts having specialised functions, but also generalised functions, such that when all combined the brain can come up with a single intention of what the person chooses to do. |
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