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Article 35556 of talk.origins:
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From: zazen@austin.ibm.com (E. H. Welbon)
Subject: Human Brain Project
Summary: BCN Project letter of intent to the Human Brain Project
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Keywords: Neuroscience, holonomic theory, human cognition, dissipative system
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I hope that this isi not "too far off the beaten path", but in light
of the recent posts stating that human cognition demonstrated the
existence of a designer, it seemed appropriate to post this. I
won't repeat any of what follows but this is (to me) an interesting
theory of human cognition. Note the admonishment "Please post and
propogate." If you find this too tangential just "n" over it.
--
Ed Welbon
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From prueitt@nnrf.georgetown.edu Ukn May 28 14:26:44 1993
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Subject: BCN Project letter of intent to the Human Brain Project
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Status: RO
X-Status:
Please post and propogate. (Four pages)
Notice: I am very sorry if there may be repeated copies of this sent
to you, please delete them now.
We are creating a new alias list for those interested in the BCN
Project and my post daemon must visit each of my previous BCN alias
list. You must use a reply message to maintain your name in our
Internet files. All former alias lists will be deleted.
Best wishes, Paul S. Prueitt.
Proposal to the Human Brain Project
from the
Neural Network Research Facility, Georgetown University
The Behavioral and Computational Neuroscience (BCN) Project: A
feasibility study
Today's Date: May 28th, 1993
Program to be administered by NIH, NSF, NASA, and
the Library of Medicine
Target submission Date: June 15th, 1993
Target funding data: October, 1993
The Neural network Research Facility (NNRF) invites comments on its
proposal to the Human Brian Project. Please respond promptly if
appropriate. You may circulate this notice
Our investigative hypothesis
It is our intent to investigate Karl Pribram's holonomic
theory by focusing on a derivative hypothesis stated simply as:
" The computational element of human cognition is not the neuron."
It is sufficient to investigate the constructive hypothesis:
"The computational element of human cognition is an emergent field
coherence that is physically established in dendro-dendritic field
interactions. "
This constructive hypothesis is referred to as the Field
Coherence Hypothesis (FCH).
Our requirements:
The investigation of FCH will require computational studies
of multiple physical substrate(s) supporting cognition. No one
individual or group has been able to master the level of
specialization required to address the full spectrum of FCH issues,
and thus a Distributed Research Network (DRN) is required to support
communication and research informatics between specialists.
A common work process management system will be implemented
from existing leading edge commercial software, as will Internet
tools such as blackboards and bulletin boards. A process management
tool, InConcert from Xerox, will be considered for employment. The
organizational structure of the management system will be designed
from SUN Microsystems' corporate model of its own distributed
information systems implementation.
The leading object oriented data base, Object Store, will be
used to create a heterogeneous data base consisting of scientific
visualization, electronic authoring, and image processing tools.
Conference support will supplement teleconference activities.
The sub-hypotheses:
Hypothesis 1: Cognition is supported in a dissipative system arranged
internally in a temporally stratified hierarchy.
Hypothesis 2: A quantum dynamical interface exists with protein
meta-stable states.
Hypothesis 3: Microtubulin transformations form an interface with the
neuronal connectivity that supports both neural group selection and
neuron ensemble formation.
Hypothesis 4 (FCH): The computational element of human cognition is
an emergent field coherence that is physically located in
dendro-dendritic field interactions.
Hypothesis 5: Limited capacity processing characterizes biological
information processes.
The experimental evidence:
Evidence for and against these five hypotheses can be found
in a wide ranging research literature. Our part of the Human Brain
Project will be to identify experimental, clinical and computational
evidence in the support or rejection of FCH and the other four
hypotheses. In some cases the NNRF has already establish a degree of
collaboration with the principal researchers involved. In other cases
we have not yet achieved any collaboration. If funded, the NNRF will
conduct a year long comprehensive feasibility study called the "BCN
Project: a feasibility study". This study will focus on the
feasibility of integrating experimental and computational evidence
regarding the FCH. The BCN Project will receive research informatics
from other Human Brain Project awardees as appropriate.
Sections to be developed into two page summaries: Over the next two
weeks we will edit or write short sections that summarize potential
contributions from the reported research under the following
headings. We are open to suggestions for other sources.
Evidence from John Eccles
Evidence from Robert Rosen
Evidence from Roger Penrose
Evidence form Robert Dawes
Evidence from I. Prigogine
Evidence from Stuart Hameroff, Steen Rasmussen and Alwyn Scott
Evidence from S. Forrest
Evidence from Stuart Kaulfman
Evidence from Judith Dayhoff and Hameroff
Evidence from Walter Freeman
Evidence from Gerald Edelman
Evidence from Karl Pribram
Evidence from Daniel Bullock and Stephen Grossberg
Evidence from Daniel Levine and Paul Prueitt
Evidence from Haulk Ogmen
Technology support from several corporations is possible. These
Corporations include:
Windowbook Inc.
Symbiotics Inc.
SUN microsystems
Science Application International Corporation
TRW
National Information Technology Center (Rockville Maryland)
Object Store Inc.
Coconut Software Inc.
Xsoft Inc.
Computational and theoretical support can be expected from:
Yasue, Kunio and Jibu, Mari (Japan)
Paul Werbos
Bruce MacLennan
Walter Schempp (Germany)
Witali Dunin-Barkowski (Russia)
Ilya Rybak (Russia)
Albert Nigrin
Robert Shaw
Institutional support for computational resources will be sought from
National Space and Aeronautics Administration (Muriel Ross)
Center for Non-linear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Steen
Rasmussen)
Office of Naval Research (Liwi Chang)
MIT Lincoln Laboratories (Paul Kolodzy)
John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (Isaac Bankman)
The level of support that can be obtained on a no cost or
contribution basis will be addressed in the feasibility study. The
suggestions above are made based on our previous work on feasibility
that was supported by SAIC and indirectly by DARPA and MIT Lincoln
Laboratories.
Importance:
The primary importance of the BCN investigative project is
its basic exploration of the physical basis for human consciousness.
A conference on this theme has been announced by Stuart Hameroff and
will take place in April 1994. Two conferences on Behavioral and
Computational Neuroscience were hosted by the NNRF in May of 1991 and
1992. Proceedings of Pribram's International Conference at Radford
University in September 1992 is derived from these three conferences.
The investigation's first clinical and experimental
foundation is established in Pribram's 1991 book. The first
theoretical and computational foundation is established in the seven
Appendices to this book. The BCN project would work from this basis.
The technical and cultural difficulties that face distributed
research cannot be underestimated. It is for these reasons that a
feasibility study is being requested rather than a full scale
research project. Our intent is to provide a prototype for a larger
distributed research project to follow our feasibility study within
two years.
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Please send comments and correspondence to
Dr. Edward J. Finn
ejfinn@guvax.georgetown.edu
202-687-5985
or
Dr. Paul S. Prueitt
prueitt@nnrf.georgetown.edu
202-687-5955
Response to prueitt@nnrf.georgetown.edu will automatically create an
entry into a "response" alias that will be used in the future.
A copy of the April 29th 1993 Human Brain Project Announcement
can be obtained from NSF or NIH.
Points of Contact:
Christiania Leonard : cmleonar@nsf.gov : 202-357-7041
or
Michael F. Huerta : hmi@cu.nih.gov : 301-443-3565
No implied endorsement by any of the scholars mentioned above should
be interpreted by the reader.
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