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I guess my question is about "how does that propagate?" I have no physics background, so maybe the answer is obvious, but I have trouble intuiting how, in my t
by jaylevitt 15y ago
I guess my question is about "how does that propagate?" I have no physics background, so maybe the answer is obvious, but I have trouble intuiting how, in my thought experiment, the experimenter and the subject have any shared state.
- jessriedel 15y agoOh, ok. That's just a manner of understanding how humans work (when viewed as a machine). The experimenter has some idea in his head which is encoded in the connections between neurons (although no one knows how...which is why it's hard to be totally confident that people are deterministic). This idea is translated into vocal cord vibrations and lip movements, which vibrate air in a certain way to product sound. This sound wave travels to the subject's ears. It is translated into electrical signals traveling on neurons by the ear, leading into the subject's brain. This changes the state of the subject's brain (the connections between the neurons) in such a way that a day later, while going through his normal routine, the subject's brain directs him to exercise.
- jaylevitt 15y agoD'oh. Of course. The state is shared along exactly the same media as the perceived, "intentional" communication. Thanks.