Dragaera

OT: bois (was: Sethra Lavode vs. Enchantress of Dzur Mountain)

Thu Aug 22 08:10:45 PDT 2002

> 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...