Paul Hughes wrote:
I have to agree that Wilson's hierarchy is total gibberish, cognitively
speaking. Any attempt to characterize one mental state as "higher" than
another usually is.
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> Since you seem to be suggesting that models of intelligence positing the
> existence of brain states beyond the conventional linear styles of thinking
> are gibberish, what are your alternatives?
As for an alternative, I'm not sure which fact needs to be explained. (I certainly don't see any fact requiring that complex an explanation.) Where does genius come from? From computation. What kind of computation? See "Coding a Transhuman AI".
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