[ExI] Strong AI Hypothesis: logically flawed?

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Saturday, October 4, 2014, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>> How many cells must die, for me to die?
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>> ​Whatever number it takes to make up most of your forebrain.​
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> ​Shades of Korzybski and Hayakawa and general semantics:  the map is not
> the territory.  It could be argued that all copies are flawed in some way.
> (Pratchett fans will see a parallel in the dwarf's holy hammer.)
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> It used to be thought that neurons were never replaced and now that idea
> has gone out the window.  But do all neurons get replaced?  Dunno.  But
> perhaps the deterioration of them and partial replacement​ account for many
> memory errors over the years (though confabulation probably accounts for
> most).  bill w
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All neurons are replaced over time. Synapses are particularly active
metabolically and are replaced faster.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063191


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Stathis Papaioannou
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