[Bo] my belief is that the human (or any) brain capable of intelligence works like computers.
[Mary] I would think so, since it was human brains that invented them. [Krimel] Actually computers do not work at all like brains. Brains are analog systems. They function as neural networks and the accuracy of their current processing ability is a function of their ability to process in the past. They do not have a fixed structure or follow rigid rule not even the rules of Boolean logic. Computers on the other hand are digital and follow algorithmic rules that are relatively fixed. We may write programs for them to mimic human thinking but they do so, at least most of them, in very different way. The value of using computers as metaphors can be great. But, as with all analogies (not the same as analog, Bo) we must always hold the differences in mind as we explore the similarities. [Mary] We have no choice about the form our logic takes. It seems to be totally hard-wired into us. Like breathing. We cannot escape it any more than we can escape the S/O universe our scientists are struggling to understand. [Krimel] Among the hallmarks of what makes us human is our ability to take different points of view. Among these are points of view outside of ourselves and the ability to see ourselves, not so much as acting in the world, but as actors in a world filled with other actors. I do agree that when it comes to humans, thinking never stops, it only changes form. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
