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A Hierarchy in the Flat Neocortex

John H. Casada casada at uthscsa.edu
Fri Jul 17 11:24:17 EST 1998


Mentifex wrote:
> 
> F. Frank LeFever (flefever at ix.netcom.com) on 17.jul.1998 writes:
> 

> > It IS a joke, isn't it?
> 
>   No, it is a serious phenomenon which is about to roil your life:
> 
>          There is a tide in the affairs of men,
>          Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
>          Omitted, all the voyage of their life
>          Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

You know, I haven't seen the phenomenon yet.  Hear alot of talk about
it, but let's no confuse the picture that keeps getting posted with the
phenomenon it is supposed to represent.

> > > [...]  Shouldn't some effort be made to construct diagrams
> > reflecting some of what we know about REAL cortical relationships?
> > That is, if artificial INTELLIGENCE is the aim.

>   You may need to retrain yourself to think more philosophically:
>   http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/webcyc.html Encyclopedia Mentifica

Philosophical thought is not always to be prized.

	"There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time
		been said by some philosopher."
					Oliver Goldsmith

Regards,
John



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