From owner-cse584-sp07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Sat Apr 14 12:21:37 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l3EGLbke021371 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l3EGLX92080192 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 23512 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 16:21:33 -0000 Received: from mailscan3.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.135) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 16:21:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 23499 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 16:21:32 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 16:21:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 10790 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 16:21:26 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 16:21:26 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4718332 for CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:26 -0400 Delivered-To: CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Received: (qmail 14907 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 16:21:26 -0000 Received: from mailscan1.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.133) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 16:21:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 6121 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2007 16:21:22 -0000 Received: from hadar.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.1) by smtp5.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 14 Apr 2007 16:21:22 -0000 Received: from hadar.cse.Buffalo.EDU (ag33@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hadar.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l3EGLMAo024066 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ag33@localhost) by hadar.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id l3EGLL8O024064; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:21 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-UB-Relay: (hadar.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:21 -0400 Reply-To: Albert Goldfain Sender: "Philosophy of Computer Science, Spring 2007" From: Albert Goldfain Subject: hawkins on "why can't a computer be more like a brain" To: CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-UB-Relay: (hadar.cse.buffalo.edu) X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/3090/Fri Apr 13 08:18:38 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 236 an interesting (and recent) perspective on the emulation/simulation question (i.e., should our computational models try to emulate or simulate the biological systems they are models of): http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/apr07/4982 Albert