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Given enough time, physicists will invade the cogsci field too and take over research into the cognition problem.

• fiaz 19y ago
  Apologies, but this is the same as saying computer engineering will invade and take over web development. The two are related in that the underpinnings of web development rely on the principles of computer engineering, but the usefulness of one application does not equate to encompassing the possibilities of the other. While it is true that the mechanisms governing the interactions of neurons and the chemicals related to this interaction ultimately boil down to what we call "physics", it is useful to be able to think at higher levels of abstraction. Such intellectual groupings/classifications/segments are important to advancing knowledge. I am open to considering that currently the "mental toolation" of thinking at abstracted levels is reflective of the current level of human intellectual capacity. Furthermore perhaps a blending of everything into one grand unified SCIENCE is maybe one day possible - but this does not equate to desirable; this is something for future generations to determine. I believe/maintain there is a great deal of richness to be gained by having such abstracted levels at which we can think/operate.