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>the same g-protein coupled b If my "g-protein" actually your "g-protein"? Is my visual cortex firmware your visual cortex firmware?
by NoMoreNicksLeft 6mo ago
>the same g-protein coupled b
If my "g-protein" actually your "g-protein"? Is my visual cortex firmware your visual cortex firmware?
- gora_mohanty 6mo ago> If my "g-protein" actually your "g-protein"? Is my visual cortex firmware your visual cortex firmware? That path leads down to solipsism which is not very intersting
- NoMoreNicksLeft 6mo agoI was talking about something a little more empirical. Like, literally, does my g-protein consist of exactly the same amino acids chained together in the same sequence, and folded identically? Some minor mutations don't always make the protein non-functional, not all would result in color-blindness. I thought this was the basis for tetrachromats anyway, just with a different protein (and a more significant mutation). Same with "firmware". If our brains process the data differently, then our actual perception might vary in (eventually, I would hope) real-world measurable ways.