Re: Singularity vs Free Will: False Dichotomy?

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Wed, 09 Dec 1998 12:21:04 +0000

At 03:07 PM 12/7/98 -0800, Paul Hughes wrote:

>lesser degrees of self-direction. I think Timothy Leary's 8
>Circuit Model of Contelligence is very appropriate here (for
>details see http://www.deoxy.org/8circuit.htm).

Consider this idiocy, cited from the above RAW extract:

< To understand neurological space, Dr. Leary assumes that the nervous system consists of eight potential circuits, or "gears," or mini-brains. Four of these brains are in the usually active left lobe and are concerned with our terrestrial survival; four are extraterrestrial, reside in the

"silent" or inactive right lobe, and are for use in our future evolution.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This explains why the right lobe is usually inactive at this stage of our development, >

I don't understand why or how the intelligent and informed people on this list keep quoting such gibberish. (The nonsense above comports in a sinister way, so to speak, with the thread a few days back suggesting the women are `right-brain dominant'...)

Damien Broderick