wroot <wroot at my-deja.com> writes:
> David Ehrens wrote:
>> > ...
> >> > But he warned of the potential hazards of the scientific
> >> > breakthrough, saying the brand new brain could turn into
> >> > a Frankenstein's monster if it was mistreated.
> > ^^^
> > Hoax alert!
> > Most journalists would have used the subjunctive, "were".
> >
>> It could be a hoax. You won't find anything on Vitaly Valtsev on the
> Internet. Even a search for "Valtsev" alone produces only 8 matches on
> google.
>> I'm still curious if it's true that human brain neurons are substatially
> different from the rest of the neurons, as far as modeling is concerned.
I could easily be out of date, but so far as I know, the brain's
neurons are _not_ significantly different in terms of micro-anatomy
and the way they generate action potentials and all.
>> Wroot
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