Jeff's Emails	Web neurons (revisited)
Re: Web neurons		Advice on real neurons
At 04:33 PM 5/23/96 +0100, you wrote: [SNIP] >I am sure that standard coding methods could quickly evolve so you wouldn't >have to keep writing it all out every time you did a new page. Perhaps some >of it would be automatically handled by the server (outside the HTML!!). > >I haven't touched much on dynamic linking where new links are made or links >broken. This is obviously important e.g. a lot of this goes on in the foetus >and when you have a few beers. It may be important in the learning process >but I think current neural-networks learn by modifying the state (weighting >functions) within each node rather than making new links. Both strategies >can be covered by the Web neuron. In fetal neural development, there is a unpresidented cell death of neurons that don't "make the mark." This way brain development is not only determined by the genetic availablity of the initial neuron pool, but also by environmental factors determining which cells survive and which die. Your point about the nature of neural networks is exactly the argument against their being a proper representation of neural connectiveness. >I think I have shown that virtually every situation in a real neural plexus >can be accurately modelled by the Web neuron system. In addition other >things can be done which the brain can't, such as passing pictures, text, >etc as INPUT's and indeed having multiple INPUT's down the same "axon". >Whether this is desirable is another question. My guess is not - better to >keep each page small & simple but massively linked to other pages, taking >the power from the links themselves. I think you should use caution in implying that all is known about the cytoarchitectural nature of the neuronal unit. Granted the neuron cannot pass holistic representations, but why not envision the passing of pictures, text, etc. as analogous to different neurotransmitter sub-types (i.e., dopamine, serotonin, etc.). >Web pages may not be the best way to do it. It has been suggested that HTML >should be scrapped and a pure neural-network model used. I don't know how >well that would go down? >From what I know about the structure of HTML, I think you are on to something. The use of HTML pages as discrete functional units is not an impossibility. And, anything I can do in an advisory capacity, please feel free to ask. I find this fascinating. Oh, I read your initial post on comp.infosystems.authoring.html. Looking forward to chatting again, Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeffrey N. Browndyke Ph.D. Candidate in Medical/Clinical Psychology Louisiana State University Email: cogito@premier.net Department of Psychology Fax: (504) 388-4125 236 Audubon Hall URL: http://www.premier.net/~cogito Baton Rouge, LA. 70803 Neuropsychology Central - http://www.premier.net/~cogito/neuropsy.html Psycresearch-online Mailgroup - psycresearch-online@premier.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------