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On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:14:51 -0400, "Edward Rawde"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>"john larkin" <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in message news:dta1cj1f3pudq93ard2o2ve4dadero917e@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 06:26:27 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On a sunny day (Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:07:52 -0700) it happened john larkin
>>><jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <06jvbjp36khao0m5ot65a1o1krricoasre@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>>>> It's just code.
>>>>>
>>>>>Not any more it isn't.
>>>>
>>>>Those giant computer networks don't run code?
>>>>
>>>>>Your lack of understanding is a handicap.
>>>>
>>>>Your lack of imagination ditto.
>>>
>>>Well, there is a bit of your lack of understanding
>>
>> So you understand how brains work?
>
>Why is it necessary to understand how brains work?
>
>I don't know much about AlphaGo.
>I doubt it can explain how it works.
>But it obviously does work.
>
>>
>> Where are images stored,
>
>Who cares?
>Likely they are distributed throughout a brain in ways that it is not necessary for anyone or anything to understand.
>

Ignorance is appealing.

But electronic design - our topic here - benefits from both
imagination and understanding.

I find it helpful, when designing things,  to have a working model of
how my brain works.

What have you designed lately? Tell us about it.