Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> writes: > At 02:16 PM 8/17/2002 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > > Now, at *some* level thought occurs by diffusing neurotransmitters > > through the soup. If what's in our head *actually* works anything > > like a "neural network" (the modern technological concept) works, I'd > > say that "symbol" isn't a very relevent concept to it. > > Great Ghu, have we stumbled past the classic mind/brain question > without even discussing it? Not that I *want* to discuss it, just > want to put a stake in the ground saying we've skipped it. Be careful pounding that stake in, I hear there are land mines hereabouts. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info