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Pedro I Rengel wrote:Computers use transistors, which literally only either let electricity through or not. What do neurons do?
Pedro I Rengel wrote:You must know me well enough by now to know I would not watch a video from Harvard if a gun was pointed at me.
Pedro I Rengel wrote:Computers use transistors, which literally only either let electricity through or not. What do neurons do?
Pedro I Rengel wrote:In what way that differs from transistors?
Pedro I Rengel wrote:This is all very conceptual. I am just asking a question about the mechanisms of computers and brains.
The binary mathematics used for computers does not apply to all the other components, only to the transistors.
Pedro I Rengel wrote:Yes they do.
What other kind of math do you think they use?
promethean75 wrote:Get with phoneutria on this one. She's a computer geek.
Pedro I Rengel wrote:promethean75 wrote:Get with phoneutria on this one. She's a computer geek.
I am hoping she'll jump in because she is an expert of both fields.
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