Saturday, November 8, 2008

Gerald Edelman - Neural Darwinism

brain is composed of many sub-systems. It may be goverend by a unversal algorithm

how does the mind derive from the brain?

is there a mechanistic, mathmatical theory of how the cognitinve processies derive from the brain.

it explains the organization of upper order brain functions, and made brain base devices to understand brain functions. To learn about the neural basis of consciousness.

we have to have a global brain theory. show which properties are responsible for consciousness, find ways to measure it, and show the differences in the brain that rise or do not rise to consciousness.

why is the brain not a computer? its more like an evolutinary jungle. it has structure, with lots of variablility. Its the most variablility structure imaginable, and each is different.

At the same time, the integrated powers is enourmous.

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