# ReLU as a switch

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/relu-as-a-switch/11967>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [July 30, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/relu-as-a-switch/11967 "2025-07-30T00:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeanOConnor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/seanoconnor/32/3441_2.png) [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/relu-as-a-switch/11967/1 "2025-07-30T00:07:43Z")

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I wrote this blog:

[https://sciencelimelight.blogspot.com/2025/07/relu-as-switch.html](https://sciencelimelight.blogspot.com/2025/07/relu-as-switch.html)

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**Author:** ![SeanOConnor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/seanoconnor/32/3441_2.png) [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/relu-as-a-switch/11967/2 "2025-07-30T01:33:39Z")

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Video:

[https://youtu.be/v8P0KO9zXAI](https://youtu.be/v8P0KO9zXAI)

I always wonder what proportion of people get that you can view ReLU as a switch?

It does seem to evoke a lot of resistance perhaps due to very heavy cognitive biasing toward the function viewpoint.