Talk:China brain

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I wonder why this "why not everything else than brains too" attitude is so popular? (I'm not very educated on the subject) It seems to be taking the stance that "consciousness is undetectable and unexplainable, so let's just make something up". --85.76.25.3 (talk) 08:56, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

So how would the Chinese (or whatever) simulate (rather than stimulate) neurons? Through Chinese whispers? Could something similar be done with all the inhabitants of all the wikis? 82.44.143.26 (talk) 17:27, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

"...and after the first question was asked, the experiment failed, leaving the 30 odd researchers to calm the fighting billions." — Unsigned, by: Lola Lazerface / talk / contribs (signed by bot) 15:49, 09 July 2012 (UTC)

So how would this differ from 'collective wisdom' - see 'any number of discussion groups where people respond to questions.' And surely there would be information decay (the 'send three and fourpence' example). Anna Livia (talk) 12:29, 8 May 2020 (UTC)