Paul Prueitt wrote: > The point that Pribram and other similar minded cognitive neuroscientists > make is that the neuron is NOT the processing unit. It is the receptive > fields that form a sensor array and then it is neuronal assembles and > regional functional units (such as frontal lobes). They all work > together. > The Gabor (Fourier) transforms an energy spectrum that covers all of the > physical reality involved in being situated in time and space. This is > complex, not simple phenomenon and would, by definition, provide a halting > condition to any serial computing device. Why? Because "a = a" would > become an indeterminate relationship at least once. ... > The neurons are a type of transportation system the feeds the metabolic > processes.
Paul, I agree of course that real biological neurons are vastly richer in structure and dynamics than the "formal neurons" used in formal NN models. This is one of the reasons why Novamente doesn't try to be a neural net model. It aims to parallel the brain only loosely, and only at a higher level. I add, though, that just because formal neurons don't resemble biological neurons that closely, doesn't imply one can't get mindlike behaviors out of formal neurons. Relatively dissimilar components, organized roughly similarly, may still give rise to relatively similar emergent behavior. A lesson taught via many complex systems simulations, as we both know! -- Ben G ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/
