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Yes synapses are weights, you know science, you smart

Why not? Its obviously not an accurate enough model for many things, but its a step in the right direction for making theories of the brain short of a full molecular simulation.

I don't understand the utility of this kind of thinking.

If it is wrong then it is wrong, why base more things on top of it if it is wrong?

It doesn't bring anything useful to the discussion, it is just low iq slop. Why is it so difficult to compare on real parameters like energy, time etc?

This is the same sort of insanity that we have in databases where people compare databases by the amount of milliseconds it takes to execute some query.

Why include it if it is useless, why just not do it?

Why use newtonian or lagrangian mechanics when we know its wrong? It was a important step, obviously far more correct than other nonsense interpretations of brain and consciousness that are still popular eg souls or magic. Aside from the biological inspiration, as a mathematical model it has proved its value beyond all expectations as well.

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