I don't think thinking is like a thunderstorm.
It is not like a calculation, but it is nearer.
Thinking - and logical decisions - when brains make a
decision, it is always data comparing.
You have a group of assertions, and then you put them
into balance - whichever weights most, it helps making
the decision.
When you sit on chair and hear a sound from outside,
you choose between assertions:
- It is comformtable to sit - don't leave
- You are curious to know about the sound source - leave
- You can not recognize the sound - investigate it
- It is good weather outside - leave
- You have sat for a long time,
it would be good to go out - leave
- You have important job to do - don't leave
- You have a cat sleeping in your arms
and do not want to wake it. - don't leave.
Then you multiply then results for the assertion tests
by some constants... With the 'how'-factors.
Then, if 'leave' wins, you leave. Otherwise you stay.
If they are in balance, you think about it until you
decide something or something else comes to your mind.
I don't know how does this work on the biological level,
but I don't find it difficult to think about.
Sorry if I did not give you anything new to think about,
but I found the topic (subject) interesting and wanted
to write this. I read the comp.ai.neural-nets group
and have no experience of neural nets programming.
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