In Reply to: JIm Aiston;s recent Stereophile article: fundamental question posted by abajaj11 on May 25, 2004 at 06:55:06:
akhilesh,I was addressing a much deeper, almost philosophical question than the one you ask: is there ANY REASON AT ALL to have confidence that when we experience the same thing, that we EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING, if you get my meaning. And the answer presented by that Science article is, in my view, that, yes, there is reason to believe that we experience things in substantially the same way, to the tune of about 30%. My response can predict your response to a confidence of about 30%.
Indeed, there is a lot left over that's not the same (about 70%) and there's a lot of work to be done before fNMR could begin to detect small differences reliably. It may never happen. But now, at least, we know--rigorously--that we're all more or less on the same page when we have a common experience. That's something we didn't know before, though most of us assumed it.
Best Regards,
Jim Austin
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Follow Ups
- Neuroscience update - Jim Austin 07:44:13 05/25/04 (2)
- Re: Neuroscience update - abajaj11 09:30:10 05/25/04 (1)
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