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Shayna or Sheness Israel's picture

Look at What It Shows

Submitted by Shayna or Shene... on Fri, 04/27/2007 - 12:01pm.

I would not use the terms you are using, but you are right. The nervous system is waisting energy through trial and error. That is where the evolutionary importance of the I-function comes in. If the frog had an I-function, its I-function would think hypothetically and show the frog that certain moves are just a waste of time. Then the rest of the frogs nervous system has a chose to either listen or test it out for itself.

 

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