> 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. > We can't define "Thought" we can define the transfer of information between axons and neurons and evaulate the action potential needed to activate those cells... etc. But, "Thought" is the understanding of those messages by our brain, and no scientist can chemically or scientifically evaluate that process yet...