[MURG] fixing defects (was off-topic posts)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:36:02AM -0700, Anna wrote:

> It is only an assumption that evolution  selects for a better 
> adjustment to the new conditions or social order.  

Evolution doesn't. Evolution selects according to the 
fitness function.

> Darwinism is no longer an answer to such questions like 

You don't understand evolution.

> schizophrenia. But if we accept that brain filters incoming 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=schizophrenia+genetic&spell=1
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=schizophrenia+neural&btnG=Search
etc.

Ask Google for Medline, ask Medline for schizophrenia. Please come back after
you've read a few 100 hits.

> information, than schizophrenia in this respect would be 

The brain does many things. Filtering is just one aspect of it.

> caused by nothing more than a faulty software, at the same 

The CNS doesn't make a distinction between software and hardware.

> time  letting us know that reality is much  larger than 
> what we normally perceive. In one word, normal brain  

Are you implying hallucinations are a means to build better reality models???
If I take drugs I talk to God. Does this imply there is a God? I don't think
so.

> limits information, while a defective allows for too much noise.

Please try to limit your posts to the scientific realm here.

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