[ExI] The Chess Room

[Will Steinberg]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:50 PM, JOSHUA JOB <nanite1018 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I am wary of the idea of an actual mind composed of minds...I don't see a
> group as having a mind...I really don't recognize how there can be anything
> called a "mind" without concepts and language. This Overmind or whatever
> composed of the actions of lots of humans can't have concepts or language,
> so it isn't, by my definition, a mind...Something about the idea of a "mind"
> makes it a stand-alone entity.



http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WD0-4FNNC67-1&_user=10&_coverDate=09/30/2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1226580090&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=42b68e9253e83b5635e7db8babaa700c

Two separate consciousness registered; one could communicate because it
contained speech processing areas. (Note--this is lifted right out of
Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind, which is, though sometimes a bit to eager
to give merit to its own ideas, a very well-done book, especially on
recognizing the uniqueness of intuition.  Poe's Eureka also speaks to the
fact.)

It is absolutely true that we cannot, as of now, comprehend this
multi-consciousness existence.  But here is the proof--right there in the
pudding!
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