Nicole Rust on Nostr: How did John Hopfield decide to work on the topic that led to his Nobel Prize? "I was ...
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"content": "How did John Hopfield decide to work on the topic that led to his Nobel Prize? \n\n\"I was now looking for A PROBLEM, not a problem ... How mind emerges from brain is to me the deepest question posed by our humanity. Definitely A PROBLEM.\"\n\nMore here:\nhttps://pni.princeton.edu/people/john-j-hopfield/now-what\n\nThe solution:\nhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.79.8.2554\n\n\"In the model network each \"neuron\" has elementary properties, and the network has little structure. Nonetheless, collective computational properties spontaneously arose.\"\n\nhttps://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/113/271/669/265/037/272/original/c83d8a71dfe234b1.png",
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