Re: NEWS: High-res neurons

Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Fri, 01 Oct 1999 21:37:38 -0400

"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> http://www.mpg.de/news99/news44_99.htm
>
> Again with the "neurons are not tokens" thing.
>
> > New laser method reveals high-density information storage in the brain
> >
> > Using a new method of infrared-guided laser stimulation, researchers
> > at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich/Germany have
> > discovered that information can be stored in the brain with very high
> > spatial density on the surface of every single neuron (Science 1
> > October 1999).
>

This is not clearly worded... are they saying that they have used a laser to store data on neurons, or that they have used a laser to discover that neurons naturally store info on their surfaces?

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