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<p>Hi Clark,</p>
<p>The single binding neuron, like glutamate, is just a simplified
theoretical (i.e. testable) theory that will surely can be easily
proven wrong. It simply represents a required functional part of
consciousness, what is required to make very complex compost
qualitative experiences. We are aware of all of the diversity,
all at the same time as one composite experience. When people do
a traditional neural substitution, they end up removing this
required critical functionality, causing all the hard problems.
The single neuron represents any theoretically possible way of
binding all possible elemental qualities into the diverse
composite qualitative picture of the world we experience. If you
include whatever accomplishes this, however you may theorized it
could be possible, in the neuro substitution, you will not have
any hard (as in impossible) problems emerge, and everyone will
know, via subjective and objective observation what is going on at
every step of the neuro substitution.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/2017 1:44 PM, John Clark wrote:<br>
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Now, when you say you replace glutamate with glycene,
and you replace the glutamate receptor with a glycene
receptor, then assert that the comparison neuron will
behave the same, you are removing the important
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size="4">I agree, but the brain is more than just one
neuron. If you swapped the way a neuron responds to
new red and green signals coming from your eyes
without also changing how your memories are associated
with red and green then you'd stop your car at green
lights and drive through red ones.</font></div>
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