zombie within 2003 LA weekly
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swing dancer expert;  climber, novice.
 
in his 20s... took up ballet... I loved the women, i loved the music.
 
most of what we do is not under consc control.
 
we are an army of unconsc sensory-motor agents... zombie agents.
 
drive to work on autopilot,  move your eyes, brush your teeth, tie your laces, talk...
its all on autopilot.
 
Any well-rehearsed activity is best performed w/o consc deliberate thot.
 
reflecting too much abt any one action is liekly to interfere with its seamless execution.
 
Given the r<b>ange and effectiveness of these zombie agents, Koch believes</b>
<b>the great mystery is why we are not complete zombies. Or to put it another</b>
<b>way: What purpose does consciousness serve? Why does it exist at all</b>?
 
son of a diplomat,   born in Kansas City, Missouri...
 
before Caltech he was based at MIT>
 
he does  change blindness  with aircraft fuselage for the interviewer.
 
Emergence of Cons  due in large part of crick and fellow Nobel Laureat  Gerald Edelman.
 
Crick suggested moving on this in 1979  in the brain issue of Sci American.
 
Crick lived in Calif in La Jolla for 30 years  at Salk...
 
noblesse oblige...
 
age 84... advanced cancer!
 
in the 1940s.... Crick interests:  border btwn living and nonliving and the nature of consc!
 
when he came to SALK he wanted to work on the brain.
 
vision in primates.
their monkeys were always unconsc!!!  (while being tested)
 
strated in 1980... got a million dollar grant... invted Christof.
 
many contemp philos and sci think whole brain is involved.
Crick and Koch think its LOCAL  emerging from small network s or colations of neurons.
 
-  Return of the Zombies...
 
Koch ... canyoneering in Zion..  rappel down 1500 foot canyons.  wet suits.
 
The idea of planning is central to Crick and Koch thses abt consc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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