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Article 7079 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Neo-dualism?
Summary: Answering the question...
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Date: 25 Sep 92 14:50:35 GMT
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In article <1992Sep24.161248.15890@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
> In article <724@trwacs.fp.trw.com> erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin)
> writes:
> >On neodualism: Sir John Eccles suspects that the way the mind affects the
> >brain is by modifying the probability of vesicle release in the synaptic
> >bouton, where a quantum mechanical process is known to operate at the
> >femtosecond level to limit release to 0 or 1 vesicle. The probability of
> >release of one vesicle is on the order of 1/6 per calcium pulse.
> [disavowal cheerfully deleted]
> 
>      The 'mind' is a random number generator?
> 
>                             dale bass
No, this process appears to decouple the amount of stimulation for
follow-on neurons from the current supply of vesicles and transmitter in
the prior neuron.



















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