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From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
Subject: Re: The Human Brain.
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In article <p+wZPKi.moore121@delphi.com> PAIN DOC <moore121@delphi.com> writes:
>Let me restate that previous message;
>consult some of the papers/studies by John Eccles (he's done a great deal o
>of brain research .

Yes, he was a pioneer in studying the behavior of synapses, among
other things.   But you should also know that he's an avowed dualist 
and believes that the brain does not really think very much but
largely  serves as an interface to the mind, which he thinks exists 
in a different world.


