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> any evidence that a brain couldn't exist or develop in a jar The brain could. Of course it could. It's just a signals processing machine. But would it be mi
by Swizec 1y ago
> any evidence that a brain couldn't exist or develop in a jar
The brain could. Of course it could. It's just a signals processing machine.
But would it be missing anything we consider core to the way humans think? Would it struggle with parts of cognition?
For example: experiments were done with cats growing up in environments with vertical lines only. They were then put in a normal room and had a hard time understanding flat surfaces.
https://computervisionblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/cats-and-vision-is-vision-acquired-or-innate/ https://computervisionblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/cats-and...
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- nomel 1y agoThis isn't remotely a hypothetical, so I imagine there are some examples out there, especially from back when polio was a problem. Although, for practical reasons, they might have had limited exposure to novelty, which could have negative consequences.
- Swizec 1y agoI agree it’s not hypothetical and also as a layperson I don’t know how much impact on cognition has been studied. Would be cool if it has! I do know of studies that showed blind people start using their visual cortex to process sounds. That is pretty cool imo