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>From: chisnall@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (The Technicolour Throw-up)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Homunculus and the witch's brew
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Date: 8 Jun 92 06:31:45 GMT
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>From article <BpDor5.J5B@psych.toronto.edu>, by michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar):
> of energy is used by the nervous system*.  There simply is no transduction
> going on beyond the periphery that *I* can see.  *All* the energy used by
> the brain is of the same form.

My knowledge of neurology is limited but its my understanding that nerve
impuleses are transmitted internally to the nerve by a different process by
which they are transmitted across the synapses.  Surely synapses therfore
count as transducers?
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Just my two rubber ningis worth.
Name: Michael Chisnall  (chisnall@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz)
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