Comment Re:nerve signals / muscle signals (Score 1) 88
To clarify, figuring out how the nerves convey messages to the muscles (and ignoring other means of communication as the parent pointed out) is kind of like sticking a bunch of oscilloscope probes onto a moderately complex breadboard and figuring out how it works from what we see on the scopes. Bear in mind that the circuit is analogue. And we're not quite sure where the nodes are. And we can't actually see the circuit at all.
Is the information frequency coded? Pulse coded? Phase coded? Some combination of the above? Who knows.
My hunch, based on the fragmentary information I've seen, is that nerves code messages in all three ways, AND that the encoding differs from person to person.
So what we really need is some sort of adaptive machine that figures out how to talk to the brain and then translates into signals conventional circuits can understand. Way beyond what is presently possible.
Is the information frequency coded? Pulse coded? Phase coded? Some combination of the above? Who knows.
My hunch, based on the fragmentary information I've seen, is that nerves code messages in all three ways, AND that the encoding differs from person to person.
So what we really need is some sort of adaptive machine that figures out how to talk to the brain and then translates into signals conventional circuits can understand. Way beyond what is presently possible.
