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- Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jaynes - Newly Emerging Insights
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Re: Jaynes - Newly Emerging Insights
I've very much enjoyed running into this site, and will quickly get to reactions to this thread. I need to preface that I've not read Jaynes in many years, but read his book very hard at the time. I never followed the line of philosophy -- not Jaynes's, philosophy in general -- once it came to lingu...
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:03 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Breakdown of Consciousness in the Information Age
- Replies: 2
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Re: Breakdown of Consciousness in the Information Age
Moderator: "Yes, the future of consciousness was a popular question after Jaynes's lectures. How will advances in technology change the way we think? Will we increasingly allow machines to do our thinking for us? Is literacy in decline? It's an interesting subject for discussion." Thanks M...
- Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:36 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Breakdown of Consciousness in the Information Age
- Replies: 2
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Breakdown of Consciousness in the Information Age
I heard Mr. Jaynes speak once, years back, in Fresno, CA where I still live. During the "question" period I tried to ask him a question, and wasn't able to get it out. In retrospect it was a simple question, but this was some years before the information age began, and the question wasn't ...