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- From: connolly@piglet.cs.umass.edu (Christopher Ian Connolly)
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- Subject: Re: grounding and the entity/environment boundary
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 22:20:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.020502.116627@Cookie.secapl.com>, frank@Cookie.secapl.com (Frank Adams) writes:
- > There is one way in our technology already greatly outstrips the brain: the
- > speed at which signals propogate. I see no reason to think we cannot at
- > least equal its performance in other areas without giving up this advantage.
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- Are you considering gap junctions as well as chemical synapses? Gap junctions allow ions
- and small molecules to flow between coupled cells. They provide a direct electrical
- coupling between neurons, and appear in a number of places in the CNS (see, e.g. Principles
- of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz & Jessell). Granted, CMOS is probably "faster" than
- cytoplasm, but I wouldn't say our technology greatly outstrips this aspect of cellular
- communication.
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