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Our Brains Don't Work Like Computers
Roland Piquepaille writes "We're using computers for so long now that I guess that many of you think that our brains are working like clusters of computers. Like them, we can do several things 'simultaneously' with our 'processors.' But each of these processors, in our brain or in a cluster of computers, is supposed to act sequentially. Not so fast! According to a new study from Cornell University, this is not true, and our mental processing is continuous. By tracking mouse movements of students working with their computers, the researchers found that our learning process was similar to other biological organisms: we're not learning through a series of 0's and 1's. Instead, our brain is cascading through shades of grey."
Does not compute!
Take that skynet!
Looks like the submitter forgot something. Lemme see if I can help him out a little:
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There, that feels more complete.
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
In other news, the sky is blue...
Come on, it's not like this is neuroscience... Oh.
The idea that our brains might work like biological organisms is a real breakthrough.
Next week's research topic: Do farts stink?
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
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Our Brains Don't Work, Like Computers
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I've been waiting for a scientist to tell me that I'm capable of thinking in abstract and fuzzy terms for years. Things I can now forget thanks to the brilliant scientist:
1.) The GPS coordinates of each key on my keyboard.
2.) The streaming audio of my name and all of my friends and families name.
3.) The bio-mechanical force sequences for the hundreds of muscles used in picking up a glass every morning.
Beer will no longer render my circuits useless!
Maybe one day I will have an amd cluster in my skull. Until then, I will accept my alcohol-cooled brain.
This signature is part of a balanced post.
Don't forget to gather entropy from meatspace.
Are younger people that dumb nowadays?
I hope not, because if they are, I must finally be old.
> I thought that part of the difficulty in reproducing a mechanical brain was preciously it's shades of grey.
It's even made of grey matter.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Birds do not fly like airplanes, they continuously wave their wings - and do not have turbines or propellers.
Sure hope my taxes don't pay for that "research".
how the fuck do you reply to the wrong damn article
"By 2015, we'll have computers as smart as humans."
And given the people I deal with as customers in tech support, this is not an improvement. Quite the opposite really.
"I don't know what the IP address is Dave and I don't care. I just want you to make me work or I'll e-mail your supervisor with a nasty complaint."
If my grammar and spelling are off, I am [distracted/tired/careless] (take your pick)
Our brains work in shades of GREY. I'm such a dork.
--Max
I thought that part of the difficulty in reproducing a mechanical brain was preciously it's shades of grey.
What, if anything, do shades of grey have to do with Precious Moments?
By 2015, we'll have computers sufficiently powerful to simulate a full working model of a human brain...
of course, it will be as large as a four storey building, take all the power of Niagara falls to run it, and all of the water of Niagara falls to cool it.
"I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad
Takes it at least 10 minutes to boot up in the morning.
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