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Article 5416 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: neuron knowledge
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Date: 5 May 92 14:25:16 GMT
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In-reply-to: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)

In article <2@tdatirv.UUCP>, sarima@tdatirv (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>|We can't equate neurons to microprocessors, since we don't know yet
>|how a neuron works.

>WRONG me bucko!   We *do* know, in large part, how a neuron works.

That depends on who you ask.  Of course, the more serious difficulty is
not knowing how neurons are wired together, nor knowing what else might
matter regarding mind.
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)


