Morgan- I absolutely love your style of writing; you are extremely articulate (possibly due to your speech background) and I enjoyed the points you made in your "Can computers think?" blog. I agree that the cognitive functions are a complex array of organized and integrated functions and that to mimic consciousness, a computer/robot would therefore have to copy the organized, integrated manner of thousands of neural connectors. Also, you made an extremely relevant point that computers most likely could never truly reach our level of 'consciousness' due to the fact that many human functions do not require "conscious" (conscious vs. subconscious) thought or command - we simply do them; a computer would probably not obtain that ability. Also, I enjoyed your scientific/behavioral/biological portrayal of the Consciousness blog. I agree with you on most points. I also think I put the blog reviews in the wrong place, so I just wanted to reiterate the fact that I think you are an intelligent, kind person and I am very interested in your opinions as you are a speech/hearing major. I also glean from your blog that you are fun-loving and love your pets! They are super cute! I hope perhaps one day we can meet :).
Justin- I think you made excellent points in your "Can computers think?" blog and I hadn't connected the fact that humans manufacture computers and are therefore flawed. I wasn't quite sure how computers taking over people's jobs fit in, but you did make an interesting point. Also, I think it may be helpful for the lay people reading your blog if you explain terms such as ethos and pathos (just a short explanation) so that everyone is on the same page. Your definition of an idea is very concise and well-written, however, I have to disagree with you when you say that animals simply react to their environment and accept it whereas humans have the 'consciousness' to alter it. Humans are animals as well, and I think we often forget that. Also, as we are discovering day by day, animals and plants are much more alive and 'conscious' than we had assumed. Other than that, as I think I put the previous blog reviews in the wrong place, I enjoyed your self introduction! You seem to be a very free-spirited person and that is a rare find in this day and age. Pleasure to meet you and I look forward to reading your future posts! Oh, and your picture at the top of your blog is awesome:).
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