Re: Finding useful functions- part 1

From: dan michaels (feedbackdroids_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: 25 Oct 2004 08:40:43 -0700

"Bill Modlin" <modlin1@metrocast.net> wrote in message news:<2IOdnXgZS_WCFOHcRVn-jA@metrocastcablevision.com>...

> Overall, the point is that the functions computed by cells in the
> brain are largely determined by the correlations encountered in the
> signals accessible to the cell, rather than by genetic control.
>

The problem comes if you believe this part so strongly that you gloss
over or disregard or downplay the underlying "foundation" for the
system as provided by genetics. Tabula rasa, it ain't.

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