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The statement that brains model patterns rests on the supposition that patterns to be modeled exist.
by User23 3y ago
The statement that brains model patterns rests on the supposition that patterns to be modeled exist.
- tracerbulletx 3y agoIf there isn't then I guess we're all just talking to ourselves anyways so it doesn't really matter.
- glennonymous 3y agoAm I the only person who hates it when people say “anyways” when they mean “anyway”?
- bloak 3y agoPerhaps it's acceptable in moderation, like "ain't". It's needed for a rhyme in a well-known song by Billy Joel, for what it's worth. On the other hand, there is a different song by Billy Joel in which "anyway" is used for a rhyme. No, I'm not a Billy Joel expert or fanatic. I just happened to notice, all right?
- pnut 3y agoThat stray character doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, so yeah, stylistic complaints are subjective and beside the point. We're not in school.
- reuben364 3y agoThe notion of existence is doing a lot of the leg work. A epistemological solipsist can say things "exist" when they have a model of their subjective experience in which things can exist. It gets real funky because your interpretation of qualia results in a model that includes the brain and thus a model of how you are interpreting things as a model in your model.