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why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
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RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience?
(January 1, 2019 at 10:50 am)bennyboy Wrote:
(January 1, 2019 at 10:18 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: And yet it does.  Given your assertion, I can only conclude that you lack imagination.

I'll bite.  What does neuroscience tell us about why neurons (or any physical structure or process) are capable of subjective experience, rather than a mechanical simulation with identical outcomes?

How, even, does science establish whether any given physical system experiences qualia?

That's not what he said, asshole. If you're just going to make straw men and knock them down then you can just eat dirt.
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RE: why do we enjoy poetry From the perspective of neuroscience? - by Angrboda - January 1, 2019 at 10:53 am

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