tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post5422028856533458604..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Oxymoronic, and MoreDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-86118309611627959932013-03-22T09:35:51.910-07:002013-03-22T09:35:51.910-07:00I expanded that reply into a post, if you want to ...I expanded that reply into a post, if you want to reply to a still more considered answer to your question.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-26164567704467358142013-03-22T09:10:11.532-07:002013-03-22T09:10:11.532-07:00I think we can cross this bridge if we come to it ...I think we can cross this bridge if we come to it -- as I very much doubt anybody living or even thought of ever will. Nota bene: that in declaring the brain to be more like a gland than a computer I am not identifying it with a gland so much as dis-identifying it with a computer. I will add, however, more in the spirit of the thought experiment/romp you have generously invited me to indulge in here, that I do not agree with those who would insists that "I" am only my brain, nor do I concede that the brain alone is the site of the phenomena loosely evoked in the folk terminology "mind" "psyche" "affect" and so on when, to point to the obvious, say, nervous system extends throughout the body or when there is such inter-implication in what we deem perception, interoception, introspection, and so on.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-69815454652239582092013-03-22T07:10:06.066-07:002013-03-22T07:10:06.066-07:00Quick question Dale. I was having a discussion in ...Quick question Dale. I was having a discussion in my class yesterday about thought and consciousness (though quite frankly I am doubtful/skeptical of such things), and we all wondered what would happen if you transferred a persons brain into another body? Akin to how a heart transplant is done. The individual has died and has a written will deciding to donate their brain tissue to someone who is need of it. Better yet what if you took the lobes of a persons brain and transplanted it into two distinct living bodies? I have my own speculations on the matter, but I wanted to read your thoughts on the matter. Especially since you correlate the brain to a gland, which I am inclined to agree with. I am well aware that brain transplants are not possible as of today, but seeing as how adaptable the physical body is, and how transplants of every kind and type have been/are being tested, and have been successful, I wonder what will happen when surgeons successfully migrate brain tissue or cells from one patient to another.Black guy from the future pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136170325730022110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-1168143182148783242013-03-21T16:12:09.663-07:002013-03-21T16:12:09.663-07:00Yep. That's the article I forwarded to the moo...Yep. That's the article I forwarded to the moot Dale. Truly reprehensible crock of shit. Most sane philosophers and historians won't even dare speculate what the world, or human cultures for that matter, will look and function like in twenty years, let alone 100 years. Yet we have "transhumanist philosophers" and "futurists" telling us everything will be bigger, better , more splendid and hedonism...like... knows... NO BOUNDS UNLIMMMITEDDDD PLEASURE FOR ALL!... I MEAN FOR RICH WHITE PEOPLE.... I MEAN FOR ALL!!!! Ugh, such empty rhetoric sickens me. I laugh out loud at such nonsense. My guess is not much will change, even in 100 years. Look at history from Egyptian times to now, that's 2000 years of change, what has fundamentally changed? Superficially, technology has altered drastically. Though one can even argue that even though the permutations have increased, the essential functions, for example getting from point a to point b, making work easier and faster, the directive of all tech, is unchanged from 2000 years ago. SO fundamentally both human behavior and even technology is FUNDAMENTALLY unchanged. These transhumanist "philosophers" (LOL) look at history, akin to how to comport themselves: totally superficial.Black guy from the future pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136170325730022110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-35074331215649096932013-03-20T11:18:19.594-07:002013-03-20T11:18:19.594-07:00Yeah, I dropped my monocle at the philosopher titl...Yeah, I dropped my monocle at the philosopher title. I remember Natasha from an old article on Extropianism from some magazine that probably should have known better.<br /><br />io9 is in a funny spot with their science and tech coverage, as their commentariat is very entrenched in their worldview. There was an article pointing out that several big science fiction tropes are essentially incoherent (light sabers, for example) and there was a gnashing of teeth that probably terrified the site's editors.<br /><br />Also wanted to add I'm having a great time going through your articles; you've done great work on this stuff and I'm pretty sure that I'll be reading the archives for a while.ECMyoyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850717102668043525noreply@blogger.com