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From: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael b maxwell)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.math,net.physics
Subject: Re: Mind as Turing Machine: a proof *and* a disproof!
Message-ID: <367@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 12:50:47 EST
Article-I.D.: bcsaic.367
Posted: Thu Nov  7 12:50:47 1985
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Reply-To: michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael b maxwell)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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Keywords: minds, Turing machines
Xref: watmath net.philosophy:3069 net.math:2494 net.physics:3518
Summary: 

In article <1637@uwmacc.UUCP> edwards@uwmacc.UUCP (mark edwards) writes:
>...Scientific America says that there are 10 to the 10 or 11 neurons in 
>the brain. If only a tenth of these are used...
Wonder where the idea ever came from that we use only 1/10th. of our
brain?  How could anyone possibly know?  And *if* the brain uses
holographic storage, does the concept of how much of the brain is used
even have meaning?
-- 
Mike Maxwell
Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center
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