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134 • Cyborg Mind difficult to verify theories about how consciousness emerges from the brain of a person, since only this individual is aware of such an experience.145 Because of this, it is very likely that conscious beings will never be able to fully understand consciousness.146 Maybe a greater or deeper conscious- ness will lead to a better understanding of the concept, but perhaps human beings are actually limited by their own consciousness in understanding consciousness. This enigmatic aspect of the concept is also related to its very existence, something that the English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins noted in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene when he wrote: ‘The evolution of the capacity to simulate seems to have culminated in subjective consciousness. Why this should have happened is, to me, the most profound mystery facing modern biology.’147 Interestingly, it is easier to determine the lack of consciousness than to understand its presence. Moreover, since it is already possible to reduce consciousness, an increase in consciousness may well become feasible. For example, in the same way as some amphetamines and other psychotropic medicines can enhance awareness and awaken the brain, it may be possible in the future to enhance the consciousness of a person through a direct interface with cyberspace. In this regard, Greenfield writes: We can, then, think of consciousness as a phenomenon that deepens or light- ens, expands or contracts, is more or less from one moment to the next; it would be a phenomenon that is essentially variable and ranging in quantity from the here and now, the ‘booming, buzzing confusion’ of an infant or the flimsiness of a dream or a drunken moment to the deep self-consciousness of introspection of the adult human. We could then see how such ever-changing levels of consciousness match up with an appropriately changing landscape in the brain. But what might the something be, that we could measure, that was ever changing in the brain?148 In short, many questions remain unanswered with respect to the concept of consciousness and some may even be unanswerable. Primacy of the Mind over the Body Interestingly, some individuals (including many young people) already seem to be so absorbed by their laptops, with their earphones in both ears, that only their bodies appear to be present. In a way, their minds are so far away in cyberspace that it becomes difficult to communicate with them in any traditional manner, such as using gestures or speech. Therefore, a kind of dissociation may be taking place between the mind and the body (a form of This open access edition has been made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Knowledge Unlatched. Not for resale.
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Cyborg Mind What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics
Titel
Cyborg Mind
Untertitel
What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics
Autor
Calum MacKellar
Verlag
Berghahn Books
Datum
2019
Sprache
englisch
Lizenz
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-1-78920-015-7
Abmessungen
15.2 x 22.9 cm
Seiten
264
Schlagwörter
Singularity, Transhumanism, Body modification, Bioethics
Kategorie
Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  1. Chapter 1. Why Use the Term ‘Cyberneuroethics’? 9
    1. The ‘Cyber’ Prefix 9
    2. The ‘Neuro’ Prefix 15
    3. Ethics 16
    4. Neuroethics 17
    5. Cyberneuroethics 18
    6. The Terminology Being Used 19
  2. Chapter 2. Popular Understanding of Neuronal Interfaces 25
    1. Public Understanding in the Media 27
  3. Chapter 3. Presentation of the Brain–Mind Interface 31
    1. The Central Nervous System 31
    2. The Mind 37
    3. The Brain–Mind Interface 38
  4. Chapter 4. Neuronal Interface Systems 43
    1. Developments in Information Technology 44
    2. Developments in Understanding the Brain 45
    3. Developments in Neuronal Interfaces 46
    4. Procedures Involved in Neuronal Interfaces 47
    5. Output Neuronal Interface Systems: Reading the Brain and Mind 49
    6. Input Neuronal Interface Systems: Changing the Brain and Mind 57
    7. Feedback Systems of the Brain and Mind 67
    8. Ethical Issues Relating to the Technology of Neuronal Interfaces 84
  5. Chapter 5. Cyberneuroethics 99
    1. General Ethical Considerations Relating to Neuronal Interfaces 101
    2. Online Humans 106
    3. Changing Cognition 113
    4. Changing Consciousness 131
    5. Escaping Reality 135
    6. Changing Mood 140
    7. Changing Personality 142
    8. Changing Identity 144
    9. The Concept of Humanity 154
    10. Uploading a Mind 167
    11. Issues of Privacy 184
  6. Chapter 6. Neuronal Interfaces and Policy 217
    1. New Cybercrimes 218
    2. Policy Concerns 223
    3. Conclusion 229
    4. Human Autonomy 232
    5. Resistance to Such a Development 234
    6. Risks of Neuronal Interfaces 234
    7. Appendix. Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on
    8. Cyberneuroethics 239
    9. Glossary 244
    10. Index 251
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