From: Derek Gatherer (d.gatherer@vir.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 17 May 2006 - 08:24:16 GMT
Oh come on Chris, who do you think you are kidding?
>Keep zooming and you get to the neuron, axon(PULSE)/dendrites(WAVE) and the
>synchronisation dynamics of inhibit/excite to the cell soma as well as
>neuromodulator densities in the synaptic gaps influencing emotional
>exaggerations/dampening.
That's just nonsense. Dendrites are input, axons are output.
And as for this:
>Instincts get encoded into dendrite areas etc (and so post synaptic) and
>allow for context to PUSH the life form and so conserve energy.
What can I say? If anybody knew where instincts were encoded, they'd
be in Stockholm picking up their Nobel Prize.
Grumpy (but justifably so) Derek
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