Ben, The article seems to confuse "processes" with "tasks". There are only 50 tasks that are SO active that the additional energy consumptions can be observed from afar, but who knows how many processes running, most of which required few resources at the moment the fMRI was made.
This is much like looking at the Processes tab on the Windows Task Manager, and only seeing the ones that are consuming more than, say, 1% of the CPU, which leaves only a small fraction of the "processes" - the ones with active tasks to perform. You can bring up the Windows Task Manager by doing a Ctrl-Alt-Del and selecting that option. Try it and you'll see what I mean. Also note that testing was done with simple tasks. Now, let's see the same fMRI test done while the test subject is in the middle of a combat video game. So, I wouldn't bet anything on their count of 50 even having its decimal point in the right place. Steve On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Ben Goertzel via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting brain imaging analysis... > > > http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532291/fmri-data-reveals-the-number-of-parallel-processes-running-in-the-brain/ > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all > progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10443978-6f4c28ac > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. ------------------------------------------- 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
