Comments on: Amazing traffic inside a brain cell reveals brain’s continuous renovation http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell Accelerating Intelligence Sat, 18 May 2013 08:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chrispium http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell/comment-page-1#comment-30010 Chrispium Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:23:53 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160135#comment-30010 What he means to say is, it's not the individual proteins that make up who you are, but rather the sum of them that creates the emergent property of "you". What he means to say is, it’s not the individual proteins that make up who you are, but rather the sum of them that creates the emergent property of “you”.

]]> By: MrFriendly http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell/comment-page-1#comment-29485 MrFriendly Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:00:55 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160135#comment-29485 Uhh...ok? Uhh…ok?

]]> By: gawells http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell/comment-page-1#comment-29434 gawells Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:40:15 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160135#comment-29434 Not only that, but next week you could have 'different' coins in your pocket or piggy bank, or maybe similar coins of different value Not only that, but next week you could have ‘different’ coins in your pocket or piggy bank, or maybe similar coins of different value

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell/comment-page-1#comment-29403 Bri Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:02:11 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160135#comment-29403 It also brings new meaning to. If you don't use it you loose it. It also helps explain the plasticity of the brain. It's just always in a state of flux. It also brings new meaning to. If you don’t use it you loose it. It also helps explain the plasticity of the brain. It’s just always in a state of flux.

]]> By: MrFriendly http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-amazing-traffic-inside-a-brain-cell/comment-page-1#comment-29387 MrFriendly Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:21:24 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=160135#comment-29387 “One week from today, your brain will be made up of completely different proteins than it is today,” Arnold said. “This video shows the process. We’ve known that it was happening, but now we can watch it happen.” My goodness...I had no idea. That statement alone makes me question my own identity and what it means to be conscious. “One week from today, your brain will be made up of completely different proteins than it is today,” Arnold said. “This video shows the process. We’ve known that it was happening, but now we can watch it happen.”

My goodness…I had no idea. That statement alone makes me question my own identity and what it means to be conscious.

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