RE: Mind is the brain?
March 16, 2016 at 8:55 am
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2016 at 8:56 am by bennyboy.)
Nobody has mentioned this yet I think, but I have an idea for using cyborgism to study mind. If we can build an interface between biological brains and say a computer, then gradually "wean" the extended electronic brain from the human components, then interface that with another bio-brain, we might be able to see if the new brain can process and "experience" things from the first, with resultant qualia: a kind of Frankenstein of consciousness. That still wouldn't exactly prove anything beyond all philosophical constraints, but portability of experience would certainly be a big step.
If that experiment ever comes up, then sign me up, cuz what a trip that could be!
If that experiment ever comes up, then sign me up, cuz what a trip that could be!