Comments on: Imaging global brain connectivity can predict how intelligent you are http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Edem http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27362 Edem Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:49:29 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27362 You're very welcome Bri. I thought that you would enjoy it, and I agree that everyone should see it. It is a powerful and moving speech, hearing a brain scientist explain her personal experience with the infinite and spiritual nature of her being and yet doing so in an informed, technical and scientific context. I am not a religious person but I find this speech beautiful, insightful and deeply moving each time I see it. You’re very welcome Bri. I thought that you would enjoy it, and I agree that everyone should see it. It is a powerful and moving speech, hearing a brain scientist explain her personal experience with the infinite and spiritual nature of her being and yet doing so in an informed, technical and scientific context. I am not a religious person but I find this speech beautiful, insightful and deeply moving each time I see it.

]]> By: trakk http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27339 trakk Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:27:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27339 In other words......white matter is just as important as grey matter. It was already known but there werent enough studies to show it on paper. I hope more studies like these are done to understand even more connections between regions. In other words……white matter is just as important as grey matter. It was already known but there werent enough studies to show it on paper. I hope more studies like these are done to understand even more connections between regions.

]]> By: deb http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27306 deb Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:52:32 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27306 have your father take Rutin to protect the tiny bloodvessels. Also antioxidants that pass through the blood brain barrier will protect his brain tissue..the blood brain barrier weakens as we age...thereby allowing more toxic material into the brain. have your father take Rutin to protect the tiny bloodvessels. Also antioxidants that pass through the blood brain barrier will protect his brain tissue..the blood brain barrier weakens as we age…thereby allowing more toxic material into the brain.

]]> By: TFC http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27298 TFC Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:31:36 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27298 Can I have a certain middle manager (meddle man-ager) tested? Can I have a certain middle manager (meddle man-ager) tested?

]]> By: eldras http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27291 eldras Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:39:22 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27291 Intelligence is THEE field. if it's defined as general problem solving ability, then someone who can get help for a problem satisfies this, although his brain itself may not be good at calculations. Human intelligence per brain seems built for cooperation, which guves peer review otherwise so-called intelligent discoveries would be delusions. Any network spread will have to use peer review nodes IMO. The brain is less important than an artificial system's ability to probelm solve, and these will surely cooperate for higher general intelligence. Intelligence is THEE field. if it’s defined as general problem solving ability, then someone who can get help for a problem satisfies this, although his brain itself may not be good at calculations. Human intelligence per brain seems built for cooperation, which guves peer review otherwise so-called intelligent discoveries would be delusions.
Any network spread will have to use peer review nodes IMO.
The brain is less important than an artificial system’s ability to probelm solve, and these will surely cooperate for higher general intelligence.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27283 Bri Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:58:04 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27283 I really have to thank you Edem. That link made my day. It gives validity to what I say. She only got a taste of it. Kind of like those free samples at the mall. For a brief time she could no longer sense her cage. I often think of it like this, we live in a box ( our bodies), over there we live in the box to, plus outside, plus we are the box. I use the metaphor of a holodeck. She could see the holodeck itself. The mechanism that creates this reality. If ever there was a video to put up in the three recent video slot at the top of the home page, this is it. It addresses all my reservations of mind uploading. What do you think Amara, oh editor in the either, hidden bringer of knowledge. Did you view it? Steven Hawkings should see it. He wouldn't be so pessimistic. If she had gotten a little further out of her body, she would have felt gods presence, it's irresistible pull. She talks about how she's connected to the atoms. That's what my email to Ray was about. I can see and feel it to. If you can make a machine to hold your soul, it intrinsically would have one already. Hopefully this website will play that TED clip. She is a highly trained nueroanatomist and she wants to spread her message just like I want to spread mine. Part of my message is that this knowledge is coming soon. We will come to understand what we are. I really have to thank you Edem. That link made my day. It gives validity to what I say. She only got a taste of it. Kind of like those free samples at the mall. For a brief time she could no longer sense her cage. I often think of it like this, we live in a box ( our bodies), over there we live in the box to, plus outside, plus we are the box. I use the metaphor of a holodeck. She could see the holodeck itself. The mechanism that creates this reality. If ever there was a video to put up in the three recent video slot at the top of the home page, this is it. It addresses all my reservations of mind uploading. What do you think Amara, oh editor in the either, hidden bringer of knowledge. Did you view it? Steven Hawkings should see it. He wouldn’t be so pessimistic. If she had gotten a little further out of her body, she would have felt gods presence, it’s irresistible pull. She talks about how she’s connected to the atoms. That’s what my email to Ray was about. I can see and feel it to. If you can make a machine to hold your soul, it intrinsically would have one already. Hopefully this website will play that TED clip. She is a highly trained nueroanatomist and she wants to spread her message just like I want to spread mine. Part of my message is that this knowledge is coming soon. We will come to understand what we are.

]]> By: GatorALLin http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27274 GatorALLin Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:56:08 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27274 Fat Heads rejoice.... I Thought the size of the brain/head to be important was interesting.... wondering if anyone is tracking long term specifics of head size (brain size) over generations... We seem to be getting a bit taller over time, so maybe just more protein in the diet.... we are obviously getting rounder/fatter in the middle (thanks processed foods and sitting behind a computer 14 hours/day). I wonder if the trend to see more ADHD and more Autistic or highly functioning autistic people has anything to do with spending so much time behind computers/dvds/etc as a species...Or if more related to pill companies looking to get more dr's to diagnose these diseases, or they just know how to spot it faster/better?....or if we are evolving to be better at visual multitasking, etc? There is some research to say that those with fat heads also have decreased risk of Alzheimer's and other cognitive decline, so wondering how that must also play into this. Fat Heads rejoice…. I Thought the size of the brain/head to be important was interesting…. wondering if anyone is tracking long term specifics of head size (brain size) over generations… We seem to be getting a bit taller over time, so maybe just more protein in the diet…. we are obviously getting rounder/fatter in the middle (thanks processed foods and sitting behind a computer 14 hours/day). I wonder if the trend to see more ADHD and more Autistic or highly functioning autistic people has anything to do with spending so much time behind computers/dvds/etc as a species…Or if more related to pill companies looking to get more dr’s to diagnose these diseases, or they just know how to spot it faster/better?….or if we are evolving to be better at visual multitasking, etc? There is some research to say that those with fat heads also have decreased risk of Alzheimer’s and other cognitive decline, so wondering how that must also play into this.

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27269 Bri Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:32:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27269 Beautiful!!!! Spot on!!! You all should check that one out!!!! She spoke pure undeluded truth. Little sparks of the whole we are!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!! Spot on!!! You all should check that one out!!!! She spoke pure undeluded truth. Little sparks of the whole we are!!!!!!!

]]> By: Edem http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27250 Edem Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:32:06 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27250 Bri, you should check out the TED talk by Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor in which she describes having a stroke and the resulting loss of self she experienced. It's extremely fascinating. http://youtu.be/UyyjU8fzEYU Bri, you should check out the TED talk by Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor in which she describes having a stroke and the resulting loss of self she experienced. It’s extremely fascinating.

http://youtu.be/UyyjU8fzEYU

]]> By: tim the realist http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27240 tim the realist Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:51:14 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27240 I think sense of self / not self developed very early in evolution to prevent self consumption, even in very primitive life forms I think sense of self / not self developed very early in evolution to prevent self consumption, even in very primitive life forms

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/imaging-global-brain-connectivity-can-predict-how-intelligent-you-are/comment-page-1#comment-27237 Bri Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:33:30 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=157688#comment-27237 My father suffers from dementia, caused by tiny blood vessels bursting, like micro strokes. Images of his brain look like it's hit with buck shot. This causes him to lose certain abilities, in subtle ways. Think of this in relation to the "self" awareness article, makes me wonder. Has there ever been a case where there has been brain damage to those self awareness centers and the person could think and talk, but had no awareness of self. My guess would be no. If there was. It would be a famous case, to have no sense of self and yet function normally. Even those cases where most of the brain is fluid, they still have a sense of self. My father suffers from dementia, caused by tiny blood vessels bursting, like micro strokes. Images of his brain look like it’s hit with buck shot. This causes him to lose certain abilities, in subtle ways. Think of this in relation to the “self” awareness article, makes me wonder. Has there ever been a case where there has been brain damage to those self awareness centers and the person could think and talk, but had no awareness of self. My guess would be no. If there was. It would be a famous case, to have no sense of self and yet function normally. Even those cases where most of the brain is fluid, they still have a sense of self.

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