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>From: charles@dirac.physics.sunysb.edu (Charles Ofria)
Subject: Re: Memory and store/retrieve.
Organization: Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:53:34 GMT
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I think that the main problem we are suffering from here with determining if
memory and store/retrieve is required for intelligence is our definitions of
these terms.  In his last post Neil mmade it clear that he was talking about
stores that will last and can be retrieved at any point in time.  This is a
very strict definition and indeed is not needed for intelligence.  Some form
of memory certainly is though.  You must at least be able to carry some idea
from one thought to the next - or even from the begining of a thought to the
end - and this IS memory!

When I suggested that commmunication was not needed, Neil immediately pointed
out all the minor communications of neurons and such in the human mind.  This
form of communication is certainly needed, but I think we suffered from the
same problem there with differing ideas of what we meant by communication.  I
think if we are going to be so general in one, we need to be equally general
all around in this definition.

						--- Charles



