[extropy-chat] Psychogenic Fields (was Role of MWI and Time Travel)

[The Avantguardian]

--- Martin Striz <mstriz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chez watt?  No, the EEG records the sum total of
> voltage fluctuations
> in the roughly direct line between two leads.

Yes, you caught me in details, Martin. I should have
said that the EEG measures the time dependent line
integral of the electrical component of the
psychogenic field between two electrodes placed on
opposite sides of the head. 
 
> Placing a full spectrum
> of leads around the scalp produces a fairly accurate
> read out of
> global neural activity, accurate enough that
> specific waveforms can be
> correlated to particular kinds of activity (wake,
> sleep, coma, etc.).
> Many studies have verified this.

Yes, but the resolution sucks and a lot of detail is
blurred by integrating the signal all the way through
the brain including all the white matter and inert
stroma. This is unnecessary since consciousness should
mostly happen in the cortex.

My hypothesis predicts that if you can directly
measure the actual fluctuations of the psychogenic
field (not its line integral) at a high enough
resolution, you should be able to read and record
someone's actual thoughts and subjective qualia. 

> 
> If you want an interesting hypothesis on
> consciousnes that provides an
> empirical metric, try this:
> 
> http://striz.org/blog/?p=205
> 
> I have a number of references there.

Thanks. I will check them out. 


Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

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