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>From: max@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com (Max Webb)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Simulated Brain
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Date: 11 Nov 92 16:55:14 GMT
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In article <Hy3XTB5w165w@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz> system@CODEWKS.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
>max@hilbert.cyprs.rain.com (Max Webb) writes:
>
>> 
>> Close one eye. Now open it and close the other.
>> See the parallax shift? Think you would miss that happening over and over?
>> I don't think so. The point is that awareness has been split, and what
>> is on one side of the divide is prevented from crossing over. Period.
>> 
>Not that I wish to imply that I agree or disagree with anyone, but I 
>would like to say that the above argument, IMO, is false.
>If the mind pearl leaping across, isn't carrying the memories, or 
>histories of perception from one side to the other with its jump, AND 
>if the two sides of the brain aren't communicating, then I don't see 
>that the mind pearl would be aware of any parallax change. Change means 
>being able to compare before and after.

If you reread the original article with more care, you will discover
that the original poster claimed that the 'mindpearl' didn't notice
any change, _because_ both eyes were looking at the book, and supposedly
recieving the same data. This is only relevant if the mind pearl _can_
carry information.

My point stands. Further, in your version (which I understand you not
to be arguing) the `mindpearl` is just another homunculus emptied
of functionality to protect it from falsification.

>
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>  Wayne McDougall, BCNU
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