Τετάρτη 6 Ιανουαρίου 2010

Conversations on Consciousness

We know that brains are non-linear dynamical systems. These are
systems that are governed by continuum mathematics, and their behavior
is exquisitely sensitive to infinitesimally small differences,
such that two brains in almost exactly the same state will quickly wind
off in very, very different states. This means that the brain of a human,
or even of a mouse, is a system whose behavior is unpredictable
by any machine constructable in this universe. We are importantly
unpredictable save for general tendencies and patterns. We will go to
sleep at night, get up in the morning, tend to hug our wife at least
three or four times a day, but exactly when, or what words will come
out of my mouth, that’s unpredictable. So one mustn’t fear the story
science seems to tell, that we are just robots.
Patricia and Paul Churchland

[What about the markets which are the outcome of several millions of brains.
The outcome of several millions of non-linear dynamic systems!!!]

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