To think is to rehearse action without triggering it. Thought involves the excitation of motor neurons, but below the threshold at which the actions those neurons enervate would be emitted. In computer parlance, thought is virtual behavior. — Genomes, Menomes, Wenomes: Neuroscience and Human Dignity by Robert W. Fuller
Mar 29, 20231 min read
o think is to rehearse action without triggering it. Thought involves the excitation of motor neurons, but below the threshold at which the actions those neurons enervate would be emitted. In computer parlance, thought is virtual behavior.
— Genomes, Menomes, Wenomes: Neuroscience and Human Dignity by Robert W. Fuller
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