Re: Reverse engineering the human brain

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:56:25 GMT, Justine <wherethereis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


>I don't believe we'll ever understand ourselves because of our
>penchant for vanity and self deception.

There you go. Recognizing our penchants (core processes) for
vanity (hubris) and self deception (including qualia) are starts
at understanding ourselves. We all need to become amateur neuroscientists.
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Frederick Martin McNeill
Poway, California, United States of America
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