<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Brent Allsop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brent.allsop@canonizer.com" target="_blank">brent.allsop@canonizer.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The prediction is, you will not be able to replace any single neuron, or even large sets of neurons that are the neural correlates of a redness quality, without also replacing significant portions of the rest of the system that is aware of what that redness experience is like. </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Woah Brent, is this your prediction, or that of someone else? Replacing a single neuron is going to change the qualia of redness? Really? You can't replace a single neuron without losing something? You better not play soccer, you risk losing your consciousness.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Saying something like this undercuts your credibility Brent.</div><div style><br></div><div style>You absolutely can replace small parts of the brain without changing how the person feels. Ask anyone with a cochlear implant. This is a silly claim. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>-Kelly</div><div style><br></div></div></div></div>