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>From: lamorte@netcom.com (R. Scott LaMorte)
Subject: Re: Simulated Brain
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system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:

>While I can accept that to a degree, I hope you are not suggesting that 
>the brain or thought or consciousness or whatever can't communicate to 
>the body. I can THINK about a roller-coaster ride, and my pulse will go 
>up, body will tense, etc etc.


AYes, but not as much as it woulf if you were *really* on the ride.
Thinking the event is not the same as experiencing the event.

>Since I can get excited by watching a TV program without sound, ie 
>video input only, and since I don't think my eyes (and every other 
>sense) are wired to every part of my body, I think my brain must act as 
>a processing agent, and then alerts the body to what is happening.

Well, I've read some theories that state that to some degree many of
our behaviors are hard-wired responses. If I toss something in your
face, you blink. While your eyes certainly aren't plugged directly to
your eyelids, certainly the process skip conscious awareness.

-R. Scott LaMorte



