From: ct (tilley314@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 00:48:33 MDT
Another book to glance at:
Natural-Born Cyborgs
Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence
by Andy Clark
0-19-514866-5 ISBN
2003
cognitive hybridization
to better appreciate what we already are: creatures whose minds are special
precisely because they are tailor-made for multiple mergers and coalitions
what the human brain is best at is learning to be a team player in a
problem-solving field populated by an incredible variety of nonbiological
props, scaffoldings, instruments and resources
the process of deliberately building better worlds to think in
motor-loop dependent adaptations
Ramachandran's principle:
mechanisms of perception are mainly involved in extracting statistical
correlations from the world to create a model that is temporarily useful
etc.
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