From: Terry Sejnowski <terry@...> Neural Computation - Contents - Volume 11, Number 5 - July 1, 1999 ARTICLE Comparison Of Approximate Methods For...
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Jul 2, 1999 1:49 am
From: Jud Wolfskill <wolfskil@...> The following is a list of books from the MIT Press which readers of this list might find of interest. For more...
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Jul 4, 1999 7:57 am
From: Alexander Dimitrov <alex@...> Two postdoctoral positions are available immediately in the Center for Computational Biology at Montana...
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Randal Koene
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Jul 5, 1999 6:06 pm
Hi Everyone, Take a look at this: http://www1.erols.com/wcri/CONSCIOUSNESS.html You've probably heard of/read this before. The premise they attempt to prove is...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 5, 1999 7:10 pm
Hello guys and girls, The time has come. I am working on my dissertation proposal. My intention is to use my particular field of knowledge/skills to make a...
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Tony Nolan
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Jul 5, 1999 11:03 pm
Hi Randal, Sounds like interesting stuff. One question I think that stems from my mind as far as mind uploading is concerned is the question of, Do you have to...
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Peter C. McCluskey
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Jul 6, 1999 3:00 pm
... I've read much of what's on Sethian's web site, and I can figure out whether it's worth pursuing further. ... That would simplify the process of connecting...
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Eugene Leitl
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Jul 6, 1999 5:47 pm
from SCIENCE-WEEK July 9, 1999 4. NEUROBIOLOGY: COMPLEXITY AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM If there is any biological tissue which has consistently been termed...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 7, 1999 5:29 pm
Hi Tony, ... Good question. Avoiding some of the human biological stuff could drastically simplify the emulation end of it all. Nevertheless, it looks to me...
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Joseph J. Strout
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Jul 7, 1999 9:05 pm
Hi all, It's been a very long weekend, followed by an illness, so I'm just now catching up on email... ... I doubt it. I think they're still barking up the...
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Jul 7, 1999 9:11 pm
From: stephen@... (Stephen F Goodwin) UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION OF MOLECULAR GENETICS WELLCOME...
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Jul 7, 1999 9:48 pm
wowie... From: John Rinehart <rinehart@...> Replacement Parts for the Brain: Intracranial Implantation of Hardware Models of Neural Circuitry An...
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Jul 7, 1999 9:49 pm
From: Nicolas Brunel <brunel@...> Dear connectionists, The following two papers on the analysis of the dynamics of sparsely connected...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 8, 1999 1:03 am
Wowie indeed! Can anyone say "mind uploading"!?! Cheers, Randal _______________________________________________________________________ RANDAL A. KOENE PhD4,...
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Joseph J. Strout
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Jul 8, 1999 2:52 pm
... Well, not really, right? They're not talking about emulating any circuitry in the patient's brain, but rather replacing some circuitry with a generic ...
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Joseph J. Strout
joe@...
Jul 8, 1999 3:25 pm
... Great!! ... Yes, this would be ideal. I've been working in the retina for the last few years, and I suspect that, at least among vertibrates, this is...
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Jul 8, 1999 4:55 pm
From: A.van.Ooyen@... (Arjen van Ooyen) NEW PAPER Competition for Neurotrophic Factor in the Development of Nerve Connections A. van Ooyen & D. J....
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Randal Koene
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Jul 9, 1999 7:51 pm
Hi Joe, Thank you for your suggestions. I am aware of some of the problems you described, but I also wish to make a least a little "splish" if not a "splash",...
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R. Paul McCarty
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Jul 12, 1999 3:50 pm
... Wow, that's great, did you actually mention "uploading"? That's great that your advisors will persue research with the goal of working toward methods of...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 12, 1999 8:34 pm
Hi there, I'm happy to read your suggestions and will answer some of your questions here. I hope, btw, that you also received the more recent correspondence ...
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Eugene Leitl
eugene.leitl@...
Jul 13, 1999 8:05 am
Just to let you know that E-Cell http://www.e-cell.org/ is now available. You can obtain the download password after registering. The first time the download...
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R. Paul McCarty
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Jul 13, 1999 2:39 pm
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Randal Koene wrote: <snip> ... I found something better, and this occured to me before but I thought maybe I just dreamed it. ;) ...
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Ansgar Koene
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Jul 13, 1999 5:04 pm
... Given the time constraint (approximately one year I believe) it would agree that using data that was previously gathered (by others) is adviable. As Joe...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 13, 1999 5:35 pm
Hi again, Thank you Paul and Ansgar for your continued contributions! :) There has been a recent development: My supervisor has reminded me that whatever the...
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Jul 14, 1999 2:51 am
From: Jason Hafner <jason@...> Hello, We recently published a paper which shows IgM imaged in tapping mode AFM, in air, with carbon nanotube...
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R. Paul McCarty
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Jul 14, 1999 3:36 pm
I've been interested (read obsessed) in the topic of mind uploading and the possibility of conscious immortality for quite some time, and was delighted to...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Jul 14, 1999 3:46 pm
Hi Paul, I think your discussion is definitely right on the topic in this list! Please do continue. Yes, in *general* I believe the same as you do, at most our...
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Keith Wiley
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Jul 14, 1999 4:12 pm
... Welcome aboard matey. ... Bulls eye. ... It's more than that. Uploading isn't just about longevity (or theoretically immortality). Uploading allows a...
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R. Paul McCarty
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Jul 14, 1999 5:30 pm
... Thanks. I'm glad to hear this is exactly what this group is about. ^_^ ... Yes, there are incredible possibilities for what a mind can do electronically...
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Keith Wiley
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Jul 14, 1999 6:28 pm
... Yes, except that it will probably happen in reverse order. We won't upload our minds as-is and then start augmenting them. Uploading will probably be the...
