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Re:Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (2018) by sooheon on Friday June 05, 2020 @09:24PM (#23435963)
The stimulus response mechanisms are far from hard wired. The brain is plastic at all levels.
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Re:Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (2018) by criddell on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:56AM (#23439607)
A baby doesn't need to be taught how to breath or cry. That seems pretty hard wired.

Anyway, that wasn't really what I was asking about. Is there any separation between the biological hardware of the brain and the instructions of software?

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