Re: Cool visual illusion


mimo_545@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > >
> > > The point I was making. A lot of what we do isn't
> > > a result of learning but as a result of the way
> > > our brains are "wired".
> >
> Just as a trivial sideline,
>
> Imagine you are a virtual mouse in a virtual cheese
> factory. You are presented with an option between
> the finest selection of dairy and an old sock.
> What what would you choose?(O.k. its an option
> between gorganzola and a smelly sock...)


I'm not sure what this post was all about, but clearly a mouse would
smell the cheese and socks, and then go up and sample a bit of each,
before committing to full-scale eating. The mouse would use several
senses in the process of filling its belly. If the sock didn't taste
good, it would likely just haul it back to its den to sleep inside of
when the weather turned cold.


>
> Because you can't see very well you have
> to use your sense of smell, but thats fine. The
> factory is dark and a wintery chill is in the air.
> You have to make a choice pretty smartish, & 0.5
> sec to make it in.
>
> The signals from your olfactories coming from the
> vicinity of the cheese run in soft undulating
> waves at 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33 peaks etc
> the spike frequency from the sock, however, runs,
> 15,30,45,60,75, etc.
> so there is a parallel and choice here.
> 15-(4)-30-(4)-45, (as combined)
>
> BUT, you have other senses also, a thermostat
> for instance that tells you that your feet are
> getting chilly, so you dive for the sock.
>
> What sorts of conditioning/behaviour would those
> be?
>
> :)
> N.

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