reply to post by Fox Molder
It is okay to say that the brain is a computer, but to think that it is the only factor in thought would be a big mistake. Every computer I know about
needs a designer, a programmer, and a user. And all those entities can think, too. I strongly suggest you step back and look at the entire
computational system for your model of a "thinking machine."
Remember: Designer, programmer, user, computer. You need all four. Account for all four and you will have a "thinking machine" but I don't think it
will be JUST a machine, because I don't think machines can "think" without the other 3 elements present.
I looked at your thread because of the theme of human "networks." But these are living, breathing things. They are a way that society works. People
DO link up and share what they know and farm out tasks to specialists, just like they do with computer networks. But, a computer network would just
idle if it had no users or at a minimum, no programmers. And it would "die" without a power source. So you have to keep all those elements in the
picture if you want a network that actually does something useful and doesn't just control a bunch of microbots that go around mindlessly killing
cockroaches or something.
The Human "LAN", page 2
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reply posted on 20-5-2011 @ 02:42 AM by byteshertz
reply to post by Fox Molder
The biggest problem i see is our current technology and lack of understanding of the brain itself
While PC's transfer data internally at almost 300,000,000 m/s, or 50,000 times faster than the human brain. But, even with this huge advantage, computers cannot approach the processing ability of our brains. There are some very efficient, and unknown, methods at work to produce this result, but it's clear that the brains geometry and compact arrangement of the brain — is part of the reason. It is also thought by many that the brain is like a quantum computer - which we are only still starting to dabble with.
A Lan itself does not solve any issue. Computers are fully scalable, meaning putting the processing over a whole lan, wan or keeping it within a single pc or laptop is not going to make a difference besides more power.
There are 2 things that make a computer - software and hardware, and without understanding the software of the brain there is no point messing with the hardware.
I liken this to trying to build an emulator, you have software processing and hardware processing - a good emulator will use both.
Can we reverse engineer the brain - I absolutely believe so
are we close - no where near IMO
The biggest problem i see is our current technology and lack of understanding of the brain itself
While PC's transfer data internally at almost 300,000,000 m/s, or 50,000 times faster than the human brain. But, even with this huge advantage, computers cannot approach the processing ability of our brains. There are some very efficient, and unknown, methods at work to produce this result, but it's clear that the brains geometry and compact arrangement of the brain — is part of the reason. It is also thought by many that the brain is like a quantum computer - which we are only still starting to dabble with.
A Lan itself does not solve any issue. Computers are fully scalable, meaning putting the processing over a whole lan, wan or keeping it within a single pc or laptop is not going to make a difference besides more power.
There are 2 things that make a computer - software and hardware, and without understanding the software of the brain there is no point messing with the hardware.
I liken this to trying to build an emulator, you have software processing and hardware processing - a good emulator will use both.
Can we reverse engineer the brain - I absolutely believe so
are we close - no where near IMO
edit on 20-5-2011 by byteshertz because: (no reason given)
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