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by David Turell , Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 22:21 (5532 days ago) @ xeno6696

I contend that we will never "understand the brain's design principles" without a trial-and-error process of literally trying to build a brain.
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> > It will be trial and error, with 100 billion neurons, self-controlled, with million of miles of axons and dendrites and who knows how many synapses. I admire your optimism but I'm still with Penrose.
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> Nonsense here, digital logic requires none of those silly dendrites, axons and synapses. Electronic representations are more than sufficient. -
Yeah, but you will still have to analyze exactly what the brain is doing in each region, how it is modulating each neuron, and how it is growing new connections as it continues to learn from experience. Until all that is understood, you cannot model electronics. And I'm not sure we will ever fully understand all those functions and changes. If we do then you will be right.