Connectionists: Brain-like computing fanfare and big data fanfare

[Axel Hutt]

Hallo, 

thanks to all for the important discussion. 

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> [..]What that means inevitably, in my view, is that the only way we
> will ever understand what brain-like is, is to pay tremendous
> attention experimentally and in our models to the actual detailed
> anatomy and physiology of the brains circuits and cells.
here I do not agree with you. Understanding cognitive processes makes it necessary to understand the major principles 
in encoding and decoding since the physiological details are different for each subject while the basic underlying 
mechanism is (with high probability) the same. Hence, considering more anatomical details does not lead us that far. 
We recognize this in todays' research progress, where physiological neuroscientists extracts tons of detailed data 
from different patients and do not understand it. One way out is the progress of theory, and not of collecting more data. 

Best 

Axel 
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