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10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers

Posted in Uncategorized by hakujin on the March 24, 2008

Although the brain-computer metaphor has served cognitive psychology well, research in cognitive neuroscience has revealed many important differences between brains and computers. Appreciating these differences may be crucial to understanding the mechanisms of neural information processing, and ultimately for the creation of artificial intelligence

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The US is Choking on Debt

Posted in Uncategorized by hakujin on the March 24, 2008

The US economy has been sustained almost exclusively on borrowed money since 2001. There is a marked difference between economic growth & debt-induced demand. Instead of letting the market take its medicine & enter recession in 2001, the powers that be injected fiscal and monetary drugs to dull the pain and induce stock gains.

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