dominic ([info]subtlegray) wrote,
@ 2009-04-05 19:37:00
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Entry tags:brain, consciousness, existence, internet

Ghost in the Earth
What would happen if each member of the world was asked to simulate the action of one neuron in the brain, using the Internet to simulate the axons and dendrites that connect neurons. Would this arrangement have a mind or consciousness in the same way that brains do?

Could this hypothetical being already exist?
Could we have created this brain without realising it?

Say this being does exist, how could we know for sure?
What tests could we run?

What is it thinking?


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[info]costumenut
2009-04-06 01:51 am UTC (link)
If it's using the internet, primarily about porn... so it must be a teenage boy. ;-)

Seriously, though, it's a very interesting theory.

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[info]subtlegray
2009-04-06 01:37 pm UTC (link)
Hah, touché... actually, you have a point there.
Where would it be along its existence?
I know you said it in jest, but I think you are correct in placing it somewhere in its adolescence.

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