(January 14, 2019 at 12:15 am)Belaqua Wrote: But I think we could express the question in different ways. "Is it possible to study non-scientific fields with scientific means?" "Does brain science tell us anything useful about aesthetic questions?" Things like that.
I'd answer that yes, it definitely does tell us useful things. I'm of the camp that thinks quick scanners will eventually be able to track ideas in real-time. With large enough statistical samples and clever enough algorithms, we might have a better understanding of how people respond to poetry than individuals can express, precisely because feelings can't be expressed well with words.
That being said-- I cannot fathom how the mind/matter bridge will ever be bridged. I suppose cybernetics might be the key-- brain implants that augment experience could give us the ability to subjectively experience information in new ways, for example.
