Oops, my reply was meant for Alan. Steve
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 11:24 AM Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Stefan, > > I probably have more neuroscience background than anyone else on this > list, possibly excepting Colin, having worked as a research assistant in > the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington, so > I suggest caution when challenging me in that venue. > > I might also be the only one on this list who has actually held a job as a > mathematician at a university department (University of Washington Physics > and Astronomy Department). You appear to be clueless in this venue, at > least as it intersects with neuroscience. > > My long-term goal is to fuse mathematics, neuroscience, and computer > science into a single effort leading to AGI and beyond. > > Please excuse my talking down to this audience - in my possibly hopeless > efforts to guide this fusion. > > My main impediment seems to be the few talented people in each of those > disciplines who ignorantly dismiss the value of those in the other > disciplines. > > People like you, who see things that obviously are part of the function of > neurosystems, but can't (yet?) grok their mathematical significance, so > they can apply this understanding to their programming. > > There are others like you in the other disciplines - like Colin, who > immediately dismissed the prospect of ANY sort of mathematics operating in > neurons, etc. > > So, like a fisherman with his line out, I continue looking for people with > "a light in the attic". It appears that my posting was wasted on you. > > My condolences. > > Steve > On Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 6:26 AM Stefan Reich via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice tantrum >> >> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 15:21 Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I read some posts here yesterday that strongly indicate that people have >>> not studied neural science *AT ALL* and I'm like. AAAARGGH!!!! >>> >>> >>> YOU FUCKING IMBICILES!!! YOU COME ON THIS GODDAMN LIST WITHOUT DOING >>> YOUR MOTHERFUCKING HOMEWORK!!!! >>> >>> I mean I had deluded myself into thinking that each of you had a bare >>> minimum of intelligence and were aware of the importance of educating >>> yourself before entering this most important field of study. >>> >>> But no, >>> you haven't. >>> You are just jerking off on your keyboard because you want your gynoid >>> GF without doing your goddamn homework first. >>> >>> >>> >>> I strongly suspect biological synapses are tagged in some way to only >>> connect with other synapses carrying dimensionally compatible >>> information. >>> >>> IT'S CALLED A RECEPTIVE SITE, MORON! Each receptive site on each >>> dendrite is a protein that binds to one of a dozen or so >>> neurotransmitters. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotransmitter >>> >>> >>> >>> The method that neurons form generative 'connections' is irrelevant to >>> the capability of neural activity to transmit data. The brain must be >>> able to form reactions and to make choices like inhibiting or activating >>> different kinds of reactions to some event. This means that the brain >>> must be reacting across some distances. It could be done by long >>> synapses, I have no way of knowing. >>> >>> ITS CALLED AN AXON, YOU TWIT!!! >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axon >>> >>> >>> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ BUY THIS \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kandel/dp/0071390111/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=principles+of+neural+science&qid=1561208443&s=gateway&sr=8-1 >>> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ >>> >>> And then do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8 >>> >>> (my brain contains little but memes.) >>> >>> Seriously, you can skip over part 2 of the book which gets into the gory >>> molecular detais of everything, but everything else in the book is >>> fucking important!!! It will make you look less stupid, if nothing else. >>> >>> -- >>> Please report bounces from this address to [email protected] >>> >>> Powers are not rights. >>> >> *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* >> / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + >> participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery >> options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink >> <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T87761d322a3126b1-Mca330c76cf5bf2d056c2158d> >> ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T87761d322a3126b1-M82c7bed702fb8117a3cdb4c6 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
