I don't know much about adolescent brains, but there is lots of knowledge about toddler brains and minds and the correlations therebetween, as described in standard texts like
http://www.amazon.com/Developmental-Cognitive-Neuroscience-Mark-Johnson/dp/1444330861 that you probably know... ben On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Azn A <[email protected]> wrote: > I now see why we don't have AGI yet lol. PM, I studied cognitive > neuroscience. Empirical evidence linking neurodevelopmental processes and > adolescent real-world behavior remains nonexistent. Just because children > lack knowledge of concepts like "conservation" doesn't mean they are > systematically different like Ben is saying. It's called ignorance :) > > Holla! > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Piaget Modeler < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> According to psychologists, a person's frontal lobe isn't developed until >> mid to late 20's. >> That's why teenagers cannot accurately predict the consequences of their >> actions. >> >> Even Piaget noticed that concepts like "conservation" was not present in >> children of >> certain ages. There are just certain constructs that are not present in >> infants, small children, >> teenagers, that are indeed present in most adults. (Most because of >> human variability.) >> >> ~PM >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:05:11 -0700 >> >> Subject: Re: [agi] Elon Musk And Mark Zuckerberg Have Invested $40 >> Million In a so called Artificial Intelligence Company >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Thanks for the links Ben, but those articles don't really support your >> case. A child's brain is LESS efficient than an adult brain? Is that it? >> Really? As we get older synapses get pruned and long-distance axonal tracts >> get more heavily insulated with myelin. Umm, okay. I believe that is called >> learning. Where are the many systematic differences? I bet a 35 y/ old has >> a more efficient brain than a 18 y/o. So lets call the 18 y/o old some made >> up name. >> >> >> >> >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10514698-9a8cda1e> | >> Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19237892-5029d625> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- Capt. James T. Kirk "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
