Why conversational equations and emergence (General)

by David Turell , Friday, April 04, 2014, 19:00 (3884 days ago) @ romansh
edited by unknown, Friday, April 04, 2014, 19:12


> Romansh: Are we agreed that the magnetic response of haem molecules is in some way a reflection of the local neuronal activity in the brain? Assuming it is, it does not diminish the fact we can get information out of a very crude (and in your opinion over hyped) proxy for that neuronal activity. Imagine the day when we can get better resolution on the neuronal activity.-Your statement is fine in that it recognizes the fMRI studies are a baby step in the direction of understanding brain activity. Your first presentation of this was way too grandiose. Just as the EEG is a remote representation. 100 billion neurons with quadrillions of synapses and synapse adaptations is overwhelming complexity to understand at today's level of research ability. Will we eventually get there? I'll give a weak probability. We will need computers just as complex to do simulations. Perhaps Matt will get us there ;>)).-See my entry of April 3rd, 22:33