Originally Posted By: ImagingGeek
... Small world; I was at sick kids (the real one in Toronto, not the pretend one in NYC) until ~2 years ago. Bryan
Here since 2010, eh? What makes any sick kids hospital......a pretend one shocked ?

Meanwhile, I'll check out some of your posts. Are you still actively involved in your field? Or are you retired?

WHAT ARE CELLS, UNITS OF LIFE?
Interestingly, one older book on biology, which I have--it came out in 1980--says that the human body has 60 trillion cells. The figure used in Wikipedia now, is nearly 100 trillion cells. How accurate can we be about this question? Do larger bodies have more cells, or just bigger ones?

BTW, Would you be willing to have a dialogue--short or otherwise--about the science of biology? It could be interesting to explore how biology relates to other sciences--for example, psychology and other soft sciences. Let's talk about how come it ought to be of interest to all of us?

If you are too busy to do this, just say so, IG, and I will understand.
======================================
But then I found this, by you:
Quote:
Consciousness is most likely an emergent property of having tens of thousands of analog processors running in parallel, which is basically what your brain is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent_property

Bryan



Last edited by Revlgking; 02/14/13 11:12 PM.
G~O~D--Now & ForeverIS:Nature, Nurture & PNEUMA-ture, Thanks to Warren Farr&ME AT www.unitheist.org