explaining the brain

[Stephen Paul King]

"Gary H. Merrill" <gmerrill at mindspring.com> wrote:

	What a wastefull endeavor! Shall we debate the number of
angels that can dance on the head of a pin? 

	I highly recommend Gerald Edelmann's book Bright Air,
Brilliant Fire for an empirically backed model of Mind...

>Walter Eric Johnson wrote:
>
>> Ray Scanlon (rscanlon at wsg.net) wrote:
>> : We aim for a rational explanation of how the brain works.
>>
>> Why not aim for a true explanation of how the brain works?
>>
>
>Because that's too hard.  It requires a lot of investigation in terms of molecular
>biology, physiology, biochemistry, and all that other stuff that is really
>*hard*.  You know:  endless hours in the lab designing and carrying out empirical
>investigations, making testable hypotheses and then testing them.  Yuck!  Who
>needs all that?  What a waste of time, money, and effort.  It's much more fun,
>fruitful, and cost effective to just speculate in the absence of empirical
>criteria and results.
>
>-- Gary Merrill