"It's a new brain. The mammals needed it because they had to cope with parenthood, social interactions, complex cognitive functions. It was so successful an evolution from mouse to man it expanded about a thousand fold in terms of the numbers of units to produce this almost frightening organ. It is evolving at an enormous speed."
Countdown to Singularity -- "A Computer Model of the Human Brain Will Be Completed in 12 Years"
No comments:
Post a Comment