On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:07:10 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > On 3/20/2013 11:16 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130320115111.htm > > "We are examining the activity in the cerebral cortex *as a whole*. The > brain is a non-stop, always-active system. When we perceive something, the > information does not end up in a specific *part* of our brain. Rather, it > is added to the brain's existing activity. If we measure the > electrochemical activity of the whole cortex, we find wave-like patterns. > This shows that brain activity is not local but rather that activity > constantly moves from one part of the brain to another." > > Not looking very charitable to the bottom-up, neuron machine view. > > > The same description would apply to a computer. Information moves around > and it is distributed over many transistors and magnetic domains. >
But it is eventually stored in particular addressed memory locations. It is not part of a continuous wave of activity of the entire computer. Craig > > Brent > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
