Posted: Aug 06, 2014 12:09 am
of course there are limits but you are trying to conflate "unconscious" which is a state of the neural network with a locus that is engaged in particular aspects of the communications within the neural net ....ie vision.
One is a state of activity
the other is a location.
Take my laptop for instance...
If it is plugged in and awake the high end video card kicks in for added capability but it can fall back to the onboard video under certain conditions.
If I put the computer to sleep...certain parts of the hardware and software are still "conscious" to outside stimili but most are not.
If I shut it off....nearly all are in a state of unconsciousness.
If I pull the battery..it's dead
If I am working on a specific application with others open...resources will be funnelled to the one I am active with, others may drop to a quiet state using few resources
This is allocated by the OS without my input tho I can change some parameters.
Your brain's OS performs a similar function throughout the neural net....for instance fight/flight situation will kick some things into high gear like oxygen uptake and muscle readiness and may damp something like pain response.
It's a very complex OS and we don't YET have the programming language.
One is a state of activity
the other is a location.
Take my laptop for instance...
If it is plugged in and awake the high end video card kicks in for added capability but it can fall back to the onboard video under certain conditions.
If I put the computer to sleep...certain parts of the hardware and software are still "conscious" to outside stimili but most are not.
If I shut it off....nearly all are in a state of unconsciousness.
If I pull the battery..it's dead
If I am working on a specific application with others open...resources will be funnelled to the one I am active with, others may drop to a quiet state using few resources
This is allocated by the OS without my input tho I can change some parameters.
Your brain's OS performs a similar function throughout the neural net....for instance fight/flight situation will kick some things into high gear like oxygen uptake and muscle readiness and may damp something like pain response.
It's a very complex OS and we don't YET have the programming language.