The Ego Tunnel

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• 多亏了史蒂芬·拉伯格，我们已经知道，睡眠的清醒发生在快速眼动睡眠中，我们可以预测，在清醒的快速眼动睡梦中，背侧前额叶皮质（DLPFC）这个选择性失活的区域可能会再度激活，从而使脑桥-视丘的梦境秀受到有意识的控制。我相信，这个可检验假说，包含了许多基本的神经生物和哲学问题的答案，例如大脑活动和意识，以及意识的因果性——自由意志的关系。 如果像我预测的那样，背侧前额叶皮质的确在清醒梦期间再度激活，而脑桥-视丘的梦境秀继续上演，那么丹尼尔·丹尼特所嗤之以鼻的笛卡尔式剧场也就确实存在了。大脑的一部分——执行自我的位置——醒来并观看甚至指导梦境，通过激活脑桥、丘脑、皮质和外围系统，把梦境秀投放到意识的银幕上。眼红吧，丹尼尔·丹尼特！ (查看原文)

  新鲜海捕鱿鱼 7赞 2026-01-22 10:48:35

• Imagine that we have created a society of robots. They would lack freedom of the will in the traditional sense, because they are causally determined automata. But they would have conscious models of themselves and of other automata in their environment, and these models would let them interact with others and control their own behavior. Imagine that we now add two features to their internal self- and other-person models: first, the erroneous belief that they (and everybody else) are responsible for their own actions; second, an “ideal observer” representing group interests, such as rules of fairness for reciprocal, altruistic interactions. What would this change? Would our robots develop new causal properties just by falsely believing in their own freedom of the will? The answer is yes; mo... (查看原文)

  元非 1赞 2016-08-25 16:03:21

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