Re: TECH/SCI: Brain Changes

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2000 - 15:24:40 MDT

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"Data shows that the unconscious has risen from eighty-seven percent of
total brain processing to ninety-four percent."

This is one of the silliest things I've ever heard. I cannot think of
any possible experiment that would warrant this conclusion.

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       sentience@pobox.com      Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
          http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html
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           Senior Associate, Foresight Institute

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