| The intuitive algorithm | | | | xxxxxx3Y, xxxxxx4Y, xxxxxx5N, xxxxxx6N, |
| Roger Penrose considered it impossible. Thinking | | | | xxxxxx7Y, xxxxxx8N, xxxxxx9N, xxxxxx10N, |
| could never imitate a computer process. He said | | | | xxxxxx11Y, xxxxxx12Y, xxxxxx13N, |
| as much in his book, The Emperor's New Mind. | | | | xxxxxx14U, xxxxxx15Y, xxxxxx16N, |
| But, a new book, The Intuitive Algorithm, (IA), | | | | xxxxxx17Y,xxxxxx18N, xxxxxx19N, |
| suggested that intuition was a pattern recognition | | | | xxxxxx20N, xxxxxx21N, xxxxxx22Y, |
| process. Intuition propelled information through | | | | xxxxxx23N, xxxxxx24N, xxxxxx25U, |
| many neural regions like a lightning streak. Data | | | | xxxxxx26N, xxxxxx27N, xxxxxx28U, |
| moved from input to output in a reported 20 | | | | Disease29Y, xxxxxx30N, xxxxxx31U, |
| milliseconds. The mind saw, recognized, interpreted | | | | xxxxxx32Y, xxxxxx33Y, xxxxxx34U, |
| and acted. In the blink of an eye. Myriad | | | | xxxxxx35N, xxxxxx36U, xxxxxx37Y, |
| processes converted light, sound, touch and smell | | | | xxxxxx38Y, xxxxxx39U, xxxxxx40Y, |
| instantly into your nerve impulses. A dedicated | | | | xxxxxx41Y, xxxxxx42U, xxxxxx43N, |
| region recognized those impulses as objects and | | | | xxxxxx44U, xxxxxx45Y, xxxxxx46N, |
| events. The limbic system, another region, | | | | xxxxxx47N, xxxxxx48Y. |
| interpreted those events to generate emotions. A | | | | (If all diseases are eliminated, the disease is |
| fourth region responded to those emotions with | | | | unknown.) |
| actions. The mind perceived, identified, evaluated | | | | Instant pattern recognition |
| and acted. Intuition got you off the hot stove in a | | | | IA was proved in practice. It had powered Expert |
| fraction of a second. And it could be using a | | | | Systems acting with the speed of a simple |
| simple algorithm. | | | | recalculation on a spreadsheet, to recognize a |
| Is instant holistic evaluation impossible? | | | | disease, identify a case law or diagnose the |
| The system, with over a hundred billion neurons, | | | | problems of a complex machine. It was instant, |
| processed the information from input to output in | | | | holistic, and logical. If several parallel answers could |
| just half a second. All your knowledge was | | | | be presented, as in the multiple parameters of a |
| evaluated. Walter Freeman, the famous | | | | power plant, recognition was instant. For the mind, |
| neurobiologist, defined this amazing ability. "The | | | | where millions of parameters were simultaneously |
| cognitive guys think it's just impossible to keep | | | | presented, real time pattern recognition was |
| throwing everything you've got into the | | | | practical. And elimination was the key. |
| computation every time. But, that is exactly what | | | | Elimination = Switching off |
| the brain does. Consciousness is about bringing | | | | Elimination was switching off - inhibition. Nerve cells |
| your entire history to bear on your next step, | | | | were known to extensively inhibit the activities of |
| your next breath, your next moment." The mind | | | | other cells to highlight context. With access to |
| was holistic. It evaluated all its knowledge for the | | | | millions of sensory inputs, the nervous system |
| next activity. How could so much information be | | | | instantly inhibited - eliminated trillions of |
| processed so quickly? Where could such | | | | combinations to zero in on the right pattern. The |
| knowledge be stored? | | | | process stoutly used "No" answers. If a patient |
| Exponential growth of the search path | | | | did not have pain, thousands of possible diseases |
| Unfortunately, the recognition of subtle patterns | | | | could be ignored. If a patient could just walk into |
| posed formidable problems for computers. The | | | | the surgery, a doctor could overlook a wide range |
| difficulty was an exponential growth of the | | | | of illnesses. But, how could this process of |
| recognition search path. The problems in the | | | | elimination be applied to nerve cells? Where could |
| diagnosis of diseases was typical. Normally, many | | | | the wealth of knowledge be stored? |
| shared symptoms were presented by a multitude | | | | Combinatorial coding |
| of diseases. For example, pain, or fever could be | | | | The mind received kaleidoscopic combinations of |
| indicated for many diseases. Each symptom | | | | millions of sensations. Of these, smells were |
| pointed to several diseases. The problem was to | | | | reported to be recognized through a combinatorial |
| recognize a single pattern among many | | | | coding process, where nerve cells recognized |
| overlapping patterns. When searching for the | | | | combinations. If a nerve cell had dendritic inputs, |
| target disease, the first selected ailment with the | | | | identified as A, B, C and so on to Z, it could then |
| first presented symptom could lack the second | | | | fire, when it received inputs at ABC, or DEF. It |
| symptom. This meant back and forth searches, | | | | recognized those combinations. The cell could |
| which expanded exponentially as the database of | | | | identify ABC and not ABD. It would be inhibited |
| diseases increased in size. That made the process | | | | for ABD. This recognition process was recently |
| absurdly long drawn - theoretically, even years of | | | | reported by science for olfactory neurons. In the |
| search, for extensive databases. So, in spite of | | | | experiment scientists reported that even slight |
| their incredible speed, rapid pattern recognition on | | | | changes in chemical structure activated different |
| computers could never be imagined. | | | | combinations of receptors. Thus, octanol smelled |
| The Intuitive Algorithm | | | | like oranges, but the similar compound octanoic |
| But, industry strength pattern recognition was | | | | acid smelled like sweat. A Nobel Prize |
| feasible. IA introduced an algorithm, which could | | | | acknowledged that discovery in 2004. |
| instantly recognize patterns in extended | | | | Galactic nerve cell memories |
| databases. The relationship of each member of | | | | Combinatorial codes were extensively used by |
| the whole database was coded for each question. | | | | nature. The four "letters" in the genetic code - A, |
| (Is pain a symptom of the disease?) | | | | C, G and T - were used in combinations for the |
| Disease1Y, Disease2N, Disease3Y, Disease 4Y, | | | | creation of a nearly infinite number of genetic |
| Disease5N, Disease6N, Disease7Y, Disease8N, | | | | sequences. IA discusses the deeper implications of |
| Disease9N, Disease10N, Disease11Y, Disease12Y, | | | | this coding discovery. Animals could differentiate |
| Disease13N, Disease14U, Disease15Y, Disease16N, | | | | between millions of smells. Dogs could quickly sniff |
| Disease17Y, Disease18N, Disease19N, Disease20N, | | | | a few footprints of a person and determine |
| Disease21N, Disease22Y, Disease23N, Disease24N, | | | | accurately which way the person was walking. |
| Disease25U, Disease26N, Disease27N, Disease28U, | | | | The animal's nose could detect the relative odour |
| Disease27Y, Disease30N, Disease31U, Disease32Y, | | | | strength difference between footprints only a |
| Disease33Y, Disease34U, Disease35N, Disease36U, | | | | few feet apart, to determine the direction of a |
| Disease37Y, Disease38Y, Disease39U, | | | | trail. Smell was identified through remembered |
| Disease40Y, Disease41Y, Disease42U, | | | | combinations. If a nerve cell had just 26 inputs |
| Disease43N, Disease44U, Disease45Y, | | | | from A to Z, it could receive millions of possible |
| Disease46N, Disease47N, Disease48Y, | | | | combinations of inputs. The average neuron had |
| (Y = Yes: N = No: U = Uncertain) | | | | thousands of inputs. For IA, millions of nerve cells |
| The key was to use elimination to evaluate the | | | | could give the mind galactic memories for |
| database, not selection. Every member of the | | | | combinations, enabling it to recognize subtle |
| database was individually coded for elimination in | | | | patterns in the environment. Each cell could be a |
| the context of each answer. | | | | single member of a database, eliminating itself |
| (Is pain a symptom of the disease? Answer: YES) | | | | (becoming inhibited) for unrecognized combinations |
| Disease1Y, xxxxxxN, Disease3Y, Disease4Y, | | | | of inputs. |
| xxxxxx5N, xxxxxx6N, Disease7Y, xxxxxx8N, | | | | Elimination the key |
| xxxxxx9N, xxxxxx0N, Disease11Y, Disease12Y, | | | | Elimination was the special key, which evaluated |
| xxxxxx13N, Disease14U, Disease15Y, xxxxxx16N, | | | | vast combinatorial memories. Medical texts |
| Disease17Y, xxxxxx18N, xxxxxx19N, | | | | reported that the mind had a hierarchy of |
| xxxxxx20N, xxxxxx21N, Disease22Y, | | | | intelligences, which performed dedicated tasks. For |
| xxxxxx23N, xxxxxx24N, Disease25U, | | | | example, there was an association region, which |
| xxxxxx26N, xxxxxx27N, Disease28U, | | | | recognized a pair of scissors using the context of |
| Disease27Y, xxxxxx30N, Disease31U, Disease32Y, | | | | its feel. If you injured this region, you could still |
| Disease33Y, Disease34U, xxxxxx35N, | | | | feel the scissors with your eyes closed, but you |
| Disease36U, Disease37Y, Disease38Y, Disease39U, | | | | would not recognize it as scissors. You still felt the |
| Disease40Y, Disease41Y, Disease42U, | | | | context, but you would not recognize the object. |
| xxxxxx43N, Disease 44U, Disease45Y, | | | | So, intuition could enable nerve cells in association |
| xxxxxx46N, xxxxxx47N, Disease 48Y, | | | | regions to use perception to recognize objects. |
| (All "N" Diseases eliminated.) | | | | Medical research reported many such recognition |
| For disease recognition, if an answer indicated a | | | | regions. |
| symptom, IA eliminated all diseases devoid of the | | | | Serial processing |
| symptom. Every answer eliminated, narrowing the | | | | A pattern recognition algorithm, intuition enabled |
| search to reach diagnosis. | | | | the finite intelligences in the minds of living things |
| (Is pain a symptom of the disease? Answer: | | | | to respond holistically within the 20 millisecond time |
| NO)xxxxxx1Y, Disease2N, xxxxxx3Y, | | | | span. These intelligences acted serially. The first |
| xxxxxx4Y, Disease5N, Disease6N, xxxxxx7Y, | | | | intelligence converted the kaleidoscopic |
| Disease8N, Disease9N, Disease10N, xxxxxx11Y, | | | | combinations of sensory perceptions from the |
| xxxxx12Y, Disease13N, Disease14U, xxxxxx15Y, | | | | environment into nerve impulses. The second |
| Disease16N, xxxxxx17Y, Disease18N, Disease19N, | | | | intelligence recognized these impulses as objects |
| Disease20N, Disease21N, xxxxxx22Y, Disease23N, | | | | and events. The third intelligence translated the |
| Disease24N, Disease25U, Disease26N, Disease27N, | | | | recognized events into feelings. A fourth |
| Disease28U, xxxxxx27Y, Disease30N, Disease31U, | | | | translated feelings into intelligent drives. Fear |
| xxxxxx32Y, xxxxxx33Y, Disease34U, | | | | triggered an escape drive. A deer bounded away. |
| Disease35N, Disease36U, xxxxxx37Y, | | | | A bird took flight. A fish swam off. While the |
| xxxxxx38Y, Disease39U, xxxxxx40Y, | | | | activities of running, flying and swimming differed, |
| xxxxxx41Y, Disease42U, Disease43N, Disease | | | | they achieved the same objective of escaping. |
| 44U, xxxxxx45Y, Disease46N, Disease47N, | | | | Inherited nerve cell memories powered those |
| xxxxxx48Y, | | | | drives in context. |
| (All "Y" Diseases eliminated.) | | | | The mind - seamless pattern recognition |
| If the symptom was absent, IA eliminated all | | | | Half a second for a 100 billion nerve cells to use |
| diseases which always exhibited the symptom. | | | | context to eliminate irrelevance and deliver motor |
| Diseases, which randomly presented the | | | | output. The time between the shadow and the |
| symptom were retained in both cases. So the | | | | scream. So, from input to output, the mind was a |
| process handled uncertainty - the "Maybe" | | | | seamless pattern recognition machine, powered |
| answer, which normal computer programs could | | | | by the key secret of intuition - contextual |
| not handle. | | | | elimination, from massive acquired and inherited |
| (A sequence of questions narrows down to | | | | combinatorial memories in nerve cells. |
| Disease29 - the answer.)xxxxxx1Y, xxxxxx2N, | | | | |