March 10th, 2009, 11:26 PM
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Re: Illwinter is ahead of the Computer Science Field by CENTURIES
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Originally Posted by AdmiralZhao
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Originally Posted by JimMorrison
Prove that there are intelligent beings who have at least once directly manipulated human thought processes - and you begin to have an argument. Else, you really are just asking "why?" or "what?" over and over again. Maybe one day, we'll have final answers to those questions - but not this day.
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Ray Fuller invented Prozac, and with the help of Eli Lilly is manipulating millions of human thought processes each day. Ditto with caffeine, E, alcohol, etc. etc. where we use chemicals to achieve very specific effects. More immediately, see the experiments where we use magnetic fields or direct electrical stimulation to trigger different parts of the brain. More scientifically, see the IBM's BlueBrain project to create a full, neuron-level on up map of the human brain. They should be done in a decade or so (though as with the human genome, having the data is still a long way from full understanding). |
I think Jim meant "intelligent beings other than humans who have at least once directly manipulated human thought processes". So, no dice on Ray Fuller or the minions rabbiting away at Eli Lilly.
Getting kicked in the head by a moose doesn't count either.
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