[FRIAM] More food for thought: Is There a Multidimensional Mathematical World Hidden in the Brain’s Computation?

[Owen Densmore]

Frank: what did you think about the algebraic topology bit?

   -- Owen

This week, the Blue Brain Project proposed a fascinating idea
<http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncom.2017.00048/full> that
may explain the complexities of the human brain. Using algebraic topology,
a type of mathematics that “projects” complex connections into graphs, they
mapped out a path for complex functions to emerge from the structure of
neural networks.

And get this: while the brain *physically* inhabits our three-dimensional
world, its inner connections—mathematically speaking—operate on a much
higher dimensional space. In human speak: the assembly and disassembly of
neural connections are massively complex, more so than expected. But now we
may have a language to describe them.


On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Vladimyr <vburach at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Tom Johnson;
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> I felt dumbstruck when I finished reading…
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> That only reassured me.
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> Awesome is this news, in the original sense, like a kick to the head.
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> .vladimyr
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