Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!crummer@AEROSPACE From: crummer%AEROSPACE@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: How my brain works Message-ID: <16312@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 20:19:30 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16312 Posted: Thu Jan 26 20:19:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 03:44:01 EST Lines: 10 From: Charlie CrummerI find that most of what my brain does is pattern interpretation. I receive various sensory input in the form of various kinds of vibrations (i.e. eletromagnetic and acoustic) and my brain perceives patterns in this muck. Then it attaches meanings to the patterns. Within limits, I can attach these meanings at will. The process of logical deduction a la Socrates takes up a negligible time-slice in the CPU. --Charlie