To: From: Sent Subject Re: my guess is biological hash functions exist y Tue 7/22/2014 2:51:42 PM Not sure if discarding , as opposed to a limit output . On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Ed Boyden wrote: Absolutely! Computation means discarding information (e.g., sensory information being transformed into a decision requires discarding some of the info -- a passive photocopier does no computation), and a hash is basically doing that, but a one-way function, and towards some fixed length. I think that is probably the way brains error check, no? Best, Ed On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:04 AM, jeffrey E. leevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > https://www. khanacademv.org/economics-finance-domainkore-finance/moncy-andbanking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-cryptographic-hash-function please note > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitcd > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved MM. Ed Boyden, Ph. D. Leader, Synthetic Neurobiology Group Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute, Departments of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences Co-Director, MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering EFTA_R1_00355464 EFTA01916051 web - htto://svntheticneurobiology.org twitter - littp: ''twitter.com (eboydep3 please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA_R1_00355465 EFTA01916052