13 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |
23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |