Convergence

[rhyolight]

@Bitking

We (@rhyolight , and other forum members) have explored this question in some depth in this thread:

It split into another thread, where @jhawkins chimed in with his take on convergence, or “sensor fusion” here:

1000 Brains Theory Q&A

You cover a lot of topics in this post. I will try to answer several of them. Let me start with what we mean by the “sensor fusion problem.” We humans have a unified perception of the world. This is derived from a large number of inputs from different sensory modalities. When the inputs arrive in the neocortex they are expanded. The million fibers from the retina become tens of millions of fibers leaving V1. V2 is even bigger. The concept of an “image” is immediately lost, as the representation…