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From: kay@warwick.UUCP (Kay Dekker)
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Subject: How many neurons does it take to ...
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 13:59:50 EST
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In article <1637@uwmacc.UUCP> edwards@uwmacc.UUCP (mark edwards) writes:
>...Scientific America says that there are 10 to the 10 or 11 neurons in 
>the brain.

Agreed.  People can be divided into 2 groups; those with 10 to the 10
neurons in their brain, and those with 11 neurons ...   Funny, most of
the mind/Turing machine debate seems to concentrate (if you could call
it that) in the second group ;-)

							Kay

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