tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post1829434965919452105..comments2024-03-01T07:35:49.740-08:00Comments on Come Reason's Apologetics Notes: Why Your Mind Cannot Be Your BrainLenny Espositohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-41741630008901212762018-01-16T17:45:35.940-08:002018-01-16T17:45:35.940-08:00Sorry, from folks. This subject is waaaaay more co...Sorry, from folks. This subject is waaaaay more complex than you suggest here. Mind-bogglingly complex. One thing we know in the meantime, do stuff to your brain and as a predictable effect on your mind. <br /><br />On your view death is the sole exception. That seems ad how to me. <br /><br />Steve Baughmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174580917790766005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-63325592922781038682014-03-18T17:20:19.079-07:002014-03-18T17:20:19.079-07:00Information is how we talk about the real world, b...Information is how we talk about the real world, but the important thing is the real world itself. A symbol can represent something in the real world, but the symbol alone is empty. A hungry person can't eat the word "pizza" but needs to get a real pizza.<br /><br />You're right to suggest that we can't understand the brain just in terms of information. We need to focus on how our brains cause things in the real world. That's where energy flow comes in. Electrons flowing through our brains are real things that affect the real world in the form of nerve impulses sent to our muscles. <br /><br />Of course it's possible to analyze neural energy flows symbolically, or logically or mathematically, but let's not miss the forest for the trees. Let's not confuse the symbol for the thing symbolized.John B. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234524731241646514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-54875287299033691692014-03-18T10:37:58.820-07:002014-03-18T10:37:58.820-07:00The flow of electrons in computer transistors is t...The flow of electrons in computer transistors is the way the computer stores and reads the information; that flow isn’t the actual information. The information requires someone to design the method of storing, retrieving and interpreting. This requires an understanding of language but electrons don’t have the capacity to understand or reason. Why would this be any different in the human brain?<br />John Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357876237157603777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-5733323055785395322014-03-17T18:10:15.731-07:002014-03-17T18:10:15.731-07:00If you wanted to see the connection between our ph...If you wanted to see the connection between our physical brains and our mental states, what would you do? There are some interesting theories, if you want to consider them.<br /><br />Some people say intentionality is the <a href="http://space-hippo.net/build-ai/energy-flow-model.html" rel="nofollow">flow</a> of neural-electric energy. Mental states are related to physical states in the same way that flowing water is related to individual water molecules.<br /><br />Or you could just give up! Declare the task impossible, and then relax comfortably. But a mind is a terrible thing to waste.John B. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234524731241646514noreply@blogger.com