Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post
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?
Can you define "smart" or "intelligent" in a way that doesn't make neural networks "smarter" or more "intelligent" than single cells?


Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post
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.
I understand what you are saying, but what you're saying has nothing to do with this thread or my argument. Again, I never said that cells are smarter when they are in networks. I said that networks are "smarter" than cells.


Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post

That's basically what I said, just in slightly more detail.
No, we said different things. You mentioned one part of brain being damaged and the other part of brain assuming its function.
I said that every single neuron in the brain adjusts its axons and dendrites according to the signals it gets from other cells - every single cell is learning from the network of cells surrounding it. This is a normal process in the brain development and function, not just a response to a pathological situation.

Quote Originally Posted by tommo View Post
No, but we still know shit all.
We know much more than you think we know.