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>From: yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Scaled up slug brains
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Date: 17 Dec 91 20:26:11 GMT
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In article <352@idtg.UUCP> dow@idtg.UUCP (Keith Dow) writes:
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>>This is all fine. But then, we go into the realm of Nostrodamus:
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>>>Fine, then we all agree that the brain is a machine which will soon
>>>be understood. 
>>
>>Soon? Based on what? Your horoscope readings?
>
>Parts of the brain are understood now.  My estimate is that the brain
>will be completely understood by the year 2050. 

Send the rest of this to alt.horoscope.pseudo-scienc. My estimate is that
anyone can come up with bullshit estimates about the progress of
understanding compex systems, but that they aren't worth a great deal.

>We are now in the second industrial revolution.  The first was basically
>amplifying human physical strength.  The second is amplifying the human mind.
>
Too much feedback in the amplifier, perhaps.



