[ExI] you asked for it -here it is

[William Flynn Wallace]

There is no reason why e.g. a protein changing conformation should be
barred from association with a quale.  I am tired of electric magic amd
mystery.  The brain is far more than electricity.

If you are right, then dreams of copying neural networks to reproduce a
mind, is just that, a dream.  bill w




On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 1:00 PM Will Steinberg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 13:48 William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I have not actively researched it, but I have been trying to follow glial
>> cells and what roles they play in the brain.  Are you suggesting that they
>> are involved?  bill w
>>
>
> I am suggesting that there is no reason (and furthermore that it smacks of
> vitalism) that consciousness should be ascribed to electrochemistry and
> ONLY electrochemistry.  From what I have seen and studied, there is no
> basis for this besides dogma from the 50s and earlier, and even earlier
> 'electrical mysticism'.
>
> There is no reason why e.g. a protein changing conformation should be
> barred from association with a quale.  I am tired of electric magic amd
> mystery.  The brain is far more than electricity.
>
>
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