phoneutria wrote:btw i am not an expert on computer science
nor brains (wtf pedro lol)
i'm an expert builder of shit
i studied this stuff a couple of decades ago
and i'm an avid consumer of random knowledge as y'all know
but my expertise is practical
i can get shit done no matter what language you throw at me
i get your toy done
before christmas
ho ho ho
alright... question two
briefly
brains are kinda sorta similar to computers in one sense
nervous cells fire up upon reaching an action potential
but it ends there
brains are totally analogue
these potentials build up and down
the transmission of a signal from a neuron to another
doesn't necessarily mean that it will trigger that action potential
the communication between one and another is a graded potential
mediated by chemical neurotransmitters
these graded potentials go up and down
as ions pass through the cell membranes
so the excitability of the cells is wildly variable
and doesn't necessarily trigger action potentials
hence much more complicated than simply on and off
Thank you.
The rest of you maggots, go meditate on this.