Re: GNU/Linux is the Empowerment of the PC. So What Do You Do?

On Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:40:35 +0000, Farley Flud wrote:

Well, yeah...   Waveform analysis doesn't mean anything if you can't
hear the difference. Human neurophysiology is not unlike an ADC.
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No, it is not -- at least at the total level.
 
The human brain processes sound at several levels, the lowest level
being the inner ear.  The next levels are the "reptilian"
brain structures and then we move on up to the cerebral cortex.
 
It is that final level, the cerebral cortex that makes all the
difference.

At some point the analog signal results in neurons being fired and that's
a binary process.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-an-action-potential-2794811

Of course it's a bit more complicated than one neuron.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_system

For further entertainment how does the brain dredge up the song title from
a couple of bars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti38LFY7x1Y

or decide the Stray Cats listened to a lit of Eddie Cochran?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFdAV9BOyTI