tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post2213566255331710408..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: Do cephalopods dream of aquatic sheep?Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-86716615189881944912012-07-02T15:01:19.896-04:002012-07-02T15:01:19.896-04:00Your mention of Lovecraft prompts to try a glimpse...Your mention of Lovecraft prompts to try a glimpse in "sf author mode".<br /><br />So there it is: <i>given how the skin of cephs interfaces directly to computer vision, and given how that skin clearly provides access to a significant subsystem of their nervous system, all other things equal it is frankly ugly to prefer surgery, dissection and electrodes</i><br /><br />This _could in fact_ turn into an opportunity of creating a hybrid discipline, art, science, and technology, fully science except for the artistic bias ensuing from the self-imposed ban on the use of electrodes to measure neuronal activity.<br /><br />So - in sf author mode - I envision a drug that delivers from cuttlefish an equivalent to uninhibited paradoxical sleep. And my own free advice to the authors of the study so is to <i>find a drug that makes cuttlefish paint their dreams on their skins. More exactly, a drug that has an effect consistent with that interpretation of it.</i>Boris Borcichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869004550299424489noreply@blogger.com