[MD] -elitist ideas

[Case]

[Case]
No but I think "experience" required a nervous system sophisticated
enough to encode memory.

[Ron]
Does The ability for single cell White blood cells to adapt to fight viruses
and bacteria considered memory Of somesort? Would you consider they might
collectivly "experience" a threat or are they simply a reaction Mechanism no
more.
If an alzhiemer patient burns themselves and does not remember the
experience does that mean they did not experience the burn? If it is not
remebered was it experienced?
Is memory experience. Somehow that doesent feel right . All depends on How
are your terming "experience" I suppose.

[Case]
Again the activity of white blood cells can best be understood on the basis
of complex chemical processes. Admitting emotional involvement and judgments
into the equation may provide the illusion of understanding but not much
more.

With the Alzheimer's patient I am tempted to say that ordinarily the burn
would not constitute "experience" but these patients are grandfathered in.
Truth is I don't have a good answer for that one. But it does raise an
interesting question. Do Alzheimer's patients give us a clear picture of
life on the cutting edge of pre-intellectual experience?