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Originally Posted by basil  Well bugger me... I've joined in for the first tme & realised that any possible interested parties are offline!? Do I smell or sumat?... Is it me or the topic? I was hoping for a great Saturday night debate! Thought is what makes us who we are? Every species 'thinks' to a certain degree & anthropologists argue that language differentiates humans from animals?... But I don't believe that there is a definitive point?... Species evolve according to their physical & environmental possibilities? Genes & memories contain & maitain all the 'good stuff' & reject or appoint all the crap... so we are on a gradual journey of improvement & enlightenment. Why is it that the scientists don't see that? |
Hallelujah, Brother! You're singing beautiful music to me! Let the rest of these guys play with their quarks, but let's go start a thread for serious investigation of thought. Have you read any of these: "Quest for Consciousness" (C. Koch), "The Feeling of What Happens" (A. Damasio), or any Global Workspace stuff by Bernard Baars - especially "Essential Sources in the Scientific Study of Consciousness"?