On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RL:So, to clarify: yes, it is perfectly true that the very low level > perceptual and motor systems use simple coding techniques. We have > known for decades (since Hubel and Weisel) that retinal ganglion cells > use simple coding schemes, etc etc.But the issue I was discussing was about > the times when neuroscientists > make statements about high level concepts and the processing of those > concepts. ..it is very difficult to > see how single neurons (or multiple redundant sets of neurons) could > carry out those functions. > > Well, why is it so discredited?
MIke, it's just not the way the brain works ... we have enough empirical data to know that... >At base, don't concepts like "tree","ball" > etc. have to be represented by basically the same images as dealt with by > the perceptual and motor systems - i.e. the sounds and letters of the words, > "tree" and "ball"? Of course, each, when used, may involve a whole > additional complex of often shifting associated concepts and images. But > doesn't the same base image, or cluster of images, have to be used each time > when we use those words? And couldn't that be neuronally locatable? > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
