Our Brains are Constructed Randomly (Origins)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Thursday, September 20, 2012, 12:47 (4236 days ago) @ David Turell

http://actu.epfl.ch/news/blue-brain-project-accurately-predicts-connections/
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> > Using an algorithm that is randomly seeded, a simulation predicts neural connections with 95% accuracy.
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> > The philosophical ramifications are interesting.
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> What I get out of the article is the independence of the neuron must be the contributing factor to the amazing plasticity of the brain-The key factor is that we can model the brain's construction via a random process. You can get what you want out of it, but if we can predict whether two neurons will be connected by a random roll of the dice--and we can now--that means that something as complex as the brain *can* be constructed via random processes.

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