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The Minds of Men

I would like to follow that remark. When we were talking this morning, Von Neumann was...

Neurons that fire together, wire together. Hebb proved that – Bateson: I would like to follow that remark. When we were talking this morning, Von Neumann was saying that the brain could not be an analog calculating machine, but must be a digital one

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Neurons that fire together, wire together. Hebb proved that –
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Bateson: I would like to follow that remark. When we were talking this morning,
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Von Neumann was saying that the brain could not be an analog calculating machine,
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but must be a digital one.
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01:19:15
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Jul 01, 2025
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
Wiener: A machine with an analogic part, and a digital part. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Wiener: A machine with an analogic part, and a digital part.
Bateson: So the analog part is able to create analogies - The Minds of Men 00:07
Bateson: So the analog part is able to create analogies
Wiener: Such a device may also use data from previous experience to predict the future. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Wiener: Such a device may also use data from previous...
Man: A tapestry, woven from the memories of past sensations. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Man: A tapestry, woven from the memories of past sensations.
Girl: I can't tell where this is going. Man: It depends on where you want to go. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Girl: I can't tell where this is going. Man: It depends...
Girl: Curiouser and curiouser... - The Minds of Men 00:05
Girl: Curiouser and curiouser...
Bateson: What I see when I look at you is, in fact, my image of you - The Minds of Men 00:08
Bateson: What I see when I look at you is, in fact, my image...
The how of using our senses is a deeply concealed body of knowledge. - The Minds of Men 00:05
The how of using our senses is a deeply concealed body of...
Very few people seem to realize the enormous theoretical power - The Minds of Men 00:10
Very few people seem to realize the enormous theoretical...
Most assume they see what they look at. - The Minds of Men 00:04
Most assume they see what they look at.
But the map is not the territory. - The Minds of Men 00:05
But the map is not the territory.
What gets from the territory to the map - The Minds of Men 00:15
What gets from the territory to the map
Narrator: After creating his neural nets model with Pitts, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Narrator: After creating his neural nets model with Pitts,
Perception. Our brains translated and converted analog symbols - The Minds of Men 00:09
Perception. Our brains translated and converted analog...
It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones - The Minds of Men 00:09
It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones
For frogs, it meant an eye trained to see primarily flies and bugs - The Minds of Men 00:14
For frogs, it meant an eye trained to see primarily flies...
Human senses were tricked by many things in the labs, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Human senses were tricked by many things in the labs,
Man: Why do the two heads seem to change sides? - The Minds of Men 00:04
Man: Why do the two heads seem to change sides?
Computer Voice: Plato's famous allegory of the cave. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Computer Voice: Plato's famous allegory of the cave.
Reality is nothing more than shadow puppets projected on the cave walls. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Reality is nothing more than shadow puppets projected on the...