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MIT Neuroscientist Proposes Brain Waves are the Hidden Engine Behind Thought and Consciousness (thedebrief.org)
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An MIT neuroscientist proposes that brain waves perform analog computations that give rise to thought and consciousness, and that the restructuring and strenghening of the neural connectome is a separate function that affects future thought but is too slow to be our main processing method.

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[–] rycee@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have some vague recollection of this article. If I recall correctly the generated circuit consisted of two (or more) subcircuits that were not physically connected but managed to communicate using induced radio waves (which is definitely not something you would typically do with an FPGA).

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Updated my comment with link.

[–] rycee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Awesome, thanks a lot!