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RE: Consciousness causes higher entropy compared to unconscious states in the human brain
February 1, 2018 at 4:05 am
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RE: Consciousness causes higher entropy compared to unconscious states in the human brain
February 1, 2018 at 9:33 am
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No, I am saying that the authors take a simple concept and wrap it in a complicated one to hype it up. The connection to entropy is forced: it is much simpler to say exactly what has been done by saying the brain shows more correlations (not even more actual connections) when awake.
So, once again, they did this with 9 subjects. At the very least that is way too small to reach any conclusions.
Second, they over-complicate their results by bringing in entropy when the simpler description is both more accurate and has less hype. This makes me question their motives and honesty..
Now, there *may* be a connection between entropy and consciousness. I think it would be way cool if there is. But this study doesn't show it. Not even close.
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RE: Consciousness causes higher entropy compared to unconscious states in the human brain
February 1, 2018 at 12:16 pm
HA! I called it days ago in his other thread.
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RE: Consciousness causes higher entropy compared to unconscious states in the human brain
February 1, 2018 at 12:19 pm
It would help a lot if he'd post one of those unfocused self portraits.
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