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> When many simple objects interact with each other, they can form a system that has qualities that the objects themselves don’t. Examples: neurons creating con
by Vinceo 7y ago
> When many simple objects interact with each other, they can form a system that has qualities that the objects themselves don’t. Examples: neurons creating consciousness
There are no evidence that neurons create consciousness. For all we know neurons are receivers of consciousness.
- gchamonlive 7y agoThe author did warn first that > Some [concepts] are complex so forgive me for oversimplifying, but the main purpose is to incite curiosity. You shouldn't pick out these examples, they are supposed to broadly exemplify the concept.
- axguscbklp 7y agoThat's not really oversimplification though, it's more like making an assumption. But I agree that it's a minor point. I mainly brought it up in my other comment in this thread because the topic of consciousness fascinates me.
- Vinceo 7y agoI know that the examples are supposed to broadly exemplify the concept but imo that doesn't justify using statements that have no scientific backing. So we have to agree to disagree on that one.
- cairo_x 7y agoLOL.The article is full of them, too. eg: Nirvana fallacy assumes socialism is unattainable when many of the best parts of existing society are socialist (public health/education/legal aid, many small businesses, self employed people, large co-ops, credit unions, etc). edit: Mostly The Nirvana Fallacy is itself a meta-fallacy, as most of the time it's used to justify things being shit by accusing the proposed alternative of being utopian (the sub-fallacy). I seem to remember George Orwell wrote a large part of an essay dedicated to how totalitarianism relies upon such fallacies ('pragmatism', 'realist', etc)
- tekproxy 7y agoAre machine learning algorithms receivers of intelligence?