----- Original Message -----
From: George McKinlay <mckinlay who-is-at unr.edu>
To: <xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 1:34 AM
Subject: brains, telphones and microprocessors
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> I remember reading an interesting analogy between the human brain and a
telephone system, needless to say
> it was a rather dated piece of work (the analogy I mean) but it did so
much smack of the "brain as
> computer" model that I thought it would be rather fun to do a little
comparison... now my problem (among
> others) is that my brain doesn't store information like a computer does;
so I have this rather vague
> recollection about that work...
>
> Anybody out there know the source of my telephonic analogy
>
> Of course any other trivial trivia about treating the brain like a hunk
of silicon would also be
> appreciated
>
> Cheers
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