On 10/12/2020 3:15 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote:
I would say in general with a machine you can see the seems, bolts and
rivets while a biological system you don't. You can turn off a
machine, but a biological system does not turn back on. Biological
systems are spontaneous and will act accordingly. A computer with no
input just sits there.
That raises an interesting question though. Will a brain with no input
function? I've heard that in experiments using sensory deprivation
tanks, people's thought tend to go into a loop; even though the sensory
input isn't strictly zero.
Brent
While there are clearly Turning machine or Church-Turing aspects of
how brains or neural systems work, there are also huge departures.
LC
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