Re: Re: Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-18 Thread Jason Resch
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Roger wrote: > Hi Stathis Papaioannou > > I don't think so, because the robot rat seems to keep running into things. > A real rat would skidaddle out of there. > > > This experiment is not quite what you think. It used only 60,000 rat neurons (equivalent to th

Re: Re: Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-18 Thread Roger
quot; - Receiving the following content - From: Stathis Papaioannou Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-18, 09:32:31 Subject: Re: Re: A rat brain robot On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Roger wrote: > Hi Stathis Papaioannou > > It would be useful if the ratbrain robot scienti

Re: Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-18 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Roger wrote: > Hi Stathis Papaioannou > > It would be useful if the ratbrain robot scientists would > try to do some kind of biological imaging (magnetic resonance ? who knows ?) > to verify that the segment of rat brain isn't just acting as > an electrical conduct

Re: Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-17 Thread Roger
Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-16, 19:54:11 Subject: Re: A rat brain robot On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > It's begging the question to say the computer chips have 'the same > functionality' as a rat's brain and then presume to claim

Re: Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-17 Thread Roger
Hi meekerdb why not what ? Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/17/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so everything could function." - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-08-14, 14:25:3

Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-16 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > It's begging the question to say the computer chips have 'the same > functionality' as a rat's brain and then presume to claim that demonstrates > functional equivalence. > > The whole question is what is meant by functionality. Do the com

Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-14 Thread meekerdb
On 8/14/2012 6:24 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:25:31 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: So the neurons of a rat's brain can constitute a mind, but computer chips with the same functionality can't? Brent It's begging the question to say the computer chips have 't

Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:25:31 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: > > > So the neurons of a rat's brain can constitute a mind, but computer chips > with the same functionality can't? > > Brent > It's begging the question to say the computer chips have 'the same functionality' as a rat's brain and t

Re: A rat brain robot

2012-08-14 Thread meekerdb
On 8/14/2012 10:38 AM, Roger wrote: Hi meekerdb No, Why not? except in case anyone's interested, there is a hybrid, which might have a future, the Rat Brain Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g So the neurons of a rat's brain can constitute a mind, but computer chips with the sa

A rat brain robot

2012-08-14 Thread Roger
Hi meekerdb No, except in case anyone's interested, there is a hybrid, which might have a future, the Rat Brain Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g Roger , rclo...@verizon.net 8/14/2012 - Receiving the following content - From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: