Humpty Dumpty

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 6 10:21:03 CDT 2003



pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> --- s~Z <keithsz at concentric.net> wrote:
> > >>> The world we see are only pictures in our
> > brain percepted through our senses.<<<
> >
> > If you were to dissect a brain I can assure you
> > there would be no pictures
> > found in it.
> >
> > Where are those pictures, and who/what is 'seeing'
> > them?
> >
> 
> Here's one answer:
> 
> From: William Benzon <bbenzon at mindspring.com>
> Subject: EEG & Poetry
> To: PSYARTS <PSYART at LISTS.UFL.EDU>


Interesting but not an answer to the question. 

EEG doesn't measure pictures in the brain. 
And the author is not talking about measuring pictures in the brain, but
the possibility of measuring the electricity in the hemispheres of the
brain while reading a poem.



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