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Full Idea
It is increasingly apparent that even single neurons are capable of carrying out highly complex functions all by themselves.
Gist of Idea
Single neurons can carry out complex functions
Source
Anil Seth (Being You [2021], I.1 n)
Book Ref
Seth,Anil: 'Being You: new science of consciousness' [Faber 2022], p.22
A Reaction
Bang goes the simple connectionist account of consciousness.
| 23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
| 23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
| 23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
| 23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
| 23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
| 23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
| 23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |