At 08:11 PM 8/21/2002 -0700, Frank Mayhar wrote: >Steven Brust wrote: > > Deffusing neurotransmitters through the soup, as you put it, happens > during > > a lot of activity that cannot be considered "thought" by any reasonable > > definition. What distinguishes what we call thought from the other brain > > activity? > >In a word, nothing. "Thought" _is_ the release and reuptake of >neurotransmitters, the electrical impulses transferred along the axons >of neurons. That's like saying, "What distinguishes prose from random collections of words? Nothing. Both are made up of letters."