[MURG] new Road Map draft

[king-yin yan]

From: cat13 at illrepute.org
>I agree that we don't need to understand the brain in order to replace it
>as a whole.  What I'm less sure about is the claim that we don't need to
>understand, say, the hippocampus in order to replace the hippocampus.
>To replace brain part FOO, we need to know what it's connected to, how
>it's connected, and what outputs it will give in every state for every
>input.  The third requirement we can hopefully figure out just by mimicing
>its structure on a cellular level, but the first two we need to understand
>for every area we replace.

That's not exactly 'understanding'. It's more like
brain connectivity mapping and neurochemical
identification, building a database, etc.

Right now I'm studying more on cellular mechanisms...
Maybe I need some time off after so much catechism.

Cheers y'all =)
YKY


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