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An MIT neuroscientist proposes that brain waves perform analog computations that give rise to thought and consciousness, and that the restructuring and strenghening of the neural connectome is a separate function that affects future thought but is too slow to be our main processing method.

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[–] Sgarcnl@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This reminds me of the analog processors recently discussed in “century-old problem" of poor precision and impracticality.