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From: jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joe Keane)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Re: Paradigm Shift Response (sort of)
Message-ID: <4YtBzCS00V4GA0XRNK@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 13 Aug 89 02:41:18 GMT
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Organization: Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <16946@ut-emx.UUCP> worden@ut-emx.UUCP (worden) writes:
>As I understand it, our sensory and motor systems are highly
>structured, from the peripheral nerves to at least several
>cortical layer depths.  Beyond that, through the association
>areas and into the deeper structures of the limbic system,
>no one really knows what the h--l is going on.

Not yet at least.

>Apparent randomness, at least, does seem to coexist with
>structure inside our skulls!

If you looked at a microprocessor chip you might say the same thing.  I don't
think biological neural nets are as structured as silicon chips, or we might be
looking for `grandmother cells'.  But i don't think they're completely random
either.  It's up to NN people and neurobiologists to figure out which
structures are useful.