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. [email protected]> wrote: > https://www. khanacademv.org/economics-finance-domainkore-finance/moncy-and- banking/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 [email protected], 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