Posted by
Jochen Fromm-3 on
Jul 12, 2006; 1:00pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Neurons-tp522095p522110.html
I don't understand why it is illogical? It is a kind of "loose coupling",
( see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(computer_science)
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loosely_Coupled ), an architecture
where components can be joined together on demand. Loose coupling
means low dependency and fewer undesirable side-effects. It is
essential in order to achieve scalability, robustness and flexibility.
A direct connection between cells instead of synapses could have
disastrous consequences: one malfunctioning, damaged or infected cell
could immediately affect the function of the whole system.
-J.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Henshaw
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:50 PM
To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Neurons.
Yes, the connection at synapses does seem to be a special case of how
cells are connected generally, through the blood stream or other medium
of exchange. That relationship, cells creating a larger system by
'floating messages in a bottle' to each other is this same extremely
improbable means of running things that nature uses and seems completely
illogical from a machine design point of view. When cells interact with
each other they just dump stuff in the stream and grab stuff from the
stream (or have it sucked out of them and pushed into them), but there's
actually no connection between the cells.
Phil Henshaw ????.?? ? `?.????
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