(January 27, 2016 at 7:56 am)bennyboy Wrote: I'd probably me more likely to skip the ANN theory and look at evolutionary theory. I like the idea of ideas evolving as they "bubble up," rather than adjusting weights to virtual neural connections at the end of complete trials (if that makes any sense).
Not really
But I take it that means you've changed your mind about the book? You could learn about competition in neural networks... so that's almost like an evolutionary struggle... and since I believe that neurons represent things, including ideas, it could well be not that far from what you've just said (in a way ) When a NN is in the process of settling it can be thought of as like a raging battle, with inhibitory neurons forcing one winner out of many.
