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April 10, 2008

Brains: Are They Really Like Anything?

[ Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Modeling ]

Peter Hankins has written an excellent commentary criticizing the "positive comparisons" I make after contrasting brains with computers. Peter says: "... the concept of processing speed has no useful application in the brain rather than that it isn't fixed." While...

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