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Reverse Engineering the Brain
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12-1-2007 1:40 PM
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12-4-2007
11:53 AM
SteveJohnSteele
what about skin, eyes, ears ?
how are they going to simulated the input ?
the brain will go mad from sensory deprivation if it doesn't have input
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