SilasBarta comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 01 February 2010 03:45:51PM *  7 points [-]

operate solely on a substrate of neurons in the physical brain.

As opposed to ...? Ion channels? Quantum phenomena? Multiple interacting brains? Non-neuronal tissue? Neuronal-but-extracranial cells? Soul? Beings outside the observable universe, running the simulator?

What is this belief supposed to be distinguished from?

Comment author: nawitus 01 February 2010 06:23:35PM 2 points [-]

Well, hormones, and chemicals such as DMT or endocannabinoids etc surely affect the thinking progress. But the phrasing of the question is not really clear to say if you can count these.