[MD] memory and the brain

[Platt Holden]

> > {Krimel}
> > > Experience as I have tried to insist is not a unity at all it is the
> > > illusion of unity. Any experience triggers stimulation of a variety
> of
> > > neural pathways, visual, auditory, emotional and so forth. All of
> > > these different pathways become associated together in memory and as
> > > they are different pathways and as they are distributed throughout the
> > > brain it is perhaps not surprising that they do not appear to be 
> > > localized. Unity is the result of the common patterning of these 
> > > distributed pathways acting in concert.
> >  
> > [Platt]
> > Who does the associating, distributing, patterning and acting? 
> > 
> > [Krimel]
> > When a raindrop lands on your windshield, who determines its path
> toward
> > your wiper blade?
> > 
> > Or I might say that: "Who" IS the associating, distributing,
> patterning
> > and acting?
> 
> [Platt]
> Beats me. I thought maybe science had the answer. Guess "determinism" 
> hasn't got all the answers after all. Looks like another "oops"
> situation.
> 
> [Krimel]
> Determinism was among the first casualties of probability theory. Also
> that
> should be a period not a question mark on my last statement. It was not
> a
> question. But what's your point?

Right. Determinism is definitely a casualty of science. Probability theory 
assumes randomness or in other words, "We don't know how the brain unifies 
neural firings. We assume it's oops." At least the scientist Sheldrake is 
willing to explore alternatives instead of sheepishly following a social 
level consensus.