[lojban-beginners] Re: Almost there!

[der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>]

>> 3.  It will without question require more brain space [...]

> [...].  Then you have a space, protected by the ribcage, that is
> close to the brain/spinal cord.  Perhaps the speed of communication
> from there to the brain would be too slow for some real-time work,
> but it could be a good backing store for things like vocabulary, and
> long-term memories.

Maybe - except we don't know whether it's possible to physically
separate memory storage from consciousness and cognition.

Of course, since this _is_ a fiction story, and already calls for
suspension-of-disbelief....

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