Thread: The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell

Originally Posted by SnakeCharmer

I don't quite understand what you are trying to say here. Brains are clearly "smarter" than single neurons.

I'm saying they aren't. They are just neurons working together.
More specifically, what makes a network of neurons smart?
You can't really say.
Don't answer with, they can do maths and think of abstract ideas etc. etc.
Why is that smart?
What makes that smarter than a single neuron being able to fire electrical impulses and grow extra dendrites and connect to other neurons?
Do you understand what I'm saying now?
I mean, that's all that the cells are doing. And when they are together, that is still all that they are doing.

Originally Posted by SnakeCharmer

I disagree. We are "smarter" because we are a highly organized network of cells.

I think we are awesome because we have arms and legs.
In other words, this sentence doesn't mean anything.

Originally Posted by SnakeCharmer

It's not just that. Every neuron remodels the way it interacts with other neurons based on signals it gets from other neurons. This is learning

That's basically what I said, just in slightly more detail.

Originally Posted by SnakeCharmer

It's far from being completely understood, but they're not black boxes to us.

No, but we still know shit all.

Originally Posted by Kromoh

Logic is derived from the idea that something cannot be correct and incorrect at the same time. If this is itself correct, we'll never know. But we do know that all our logical postulations are based on this hypothesis.

If Quantum physics is correct, something can be right and wrong at the same time. But that whole field DOES defy logic. I'm not sure what you're really arguing here tbh but just thought I'd add that in lol