<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:50 PM, JOSHUA JOB <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nanite1018@gmail.com">nanite1018@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div>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.</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div> <a href="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">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</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>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.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>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! </div></div><br>