you already are a brain in a jar
by John at 1/16/2006 09:33:00 AM
For your consideration:
"A majority argue 'I'd rather be the real me.' This is an irrational choice because you already are a brain in a vat (the cranial cavity) nurtured by cerebrospinal fluid and blood and bombarded by photons. When asked to select between two vats most pick the crummy one even though it is no more real than the neuroscientist's experimental vat. How can you justify this choice unless you believe in something supernatural?"
from "Mirror Neurons and the Brain in the Vat" by V.S. Ramachandran
"A majority argue 'I'd rather be the real me.' This is an irrational choice because you already are a brain in a vat (the cranial cavity) nurtured by cerebrospinal fluid and blood and bombarded by photons. When asked to select between two vats most pick the crummy one even though it is no more real than the neuroscientist's experimental vat. How can you justify this choice unless you believe in something supernatural?"
from "Mirror Neurons and the Brain in the Vat" by V.S. Ramachandran
