this teapot is not conscious
At the heart of the Crick-Koch hypothesis is a simple idea with vast implications. It is that consciousness, rather than representing some spiritual or God-given quality, is a biological process like digestion or circulation, generated by the activity of neurons in the brain. As he wrote in his 1994 book, "The Astonishing Hypothesis": "You, your joys and your sorrows--your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules."LAT: Francis Crick tackles human consciousness.
originally posted by xowie
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"A dedicated rock climber and devotee of Apple computers (he sports a tattoo of the company's multicolored logo on his right arm), Koch is apt to sustain a conversation while performing casual calisthenics in his Pasadena backyard, a climbing rope coiled over his shoulder."
*giggles*
Posted by: George | November 19, 2002 6:27 AM