“The first attempts to consider the behavior of so-called "random neural nets" in a systematic way have led to a series of problems concerned with relations between the "structure" and the "function" of such nets. The "structure" of a random net is not a clearly defined topological manifold such as could be used to describe a circuit with explicitly given connections. In a random neural net, one does not speak of "this" neuron synapsing on "that" one, but rather in terms of tendencies and probabilities associated with points or regions in the net.” WayFirstsDoeProblemUsedSpeakGivenTermBehaviorConcernedConnectionsFunctionRelationStructureSeriesTendenciesDefinedRegionsProbabilitySystematicCircuitsNeuronsManifold Author:Anatol Rapoport
“The outstanding feature of behavior is that it is often quite easy to recognize but extremely difficult or impossible to describe with precision.” EasyDifficultImpossibleBehaviorFeaturesOutstandingPrecision Author:Anatol Rapoport
“On the question of whether a behavioral science can in principle be constructed, we shall take no sides. That some kinds of human behavior can be described and even predicted in terms of objectively verifiable and quantifiable data seems to us to have been established.” HumansKindHas BeensSeemsSidesTermPrinciplesBehaviorDataHuman Behavior Book:Prisoner's Dilemma: A Study in Conflict and Cooperation Source: Prisoner's Dilemma: A Study in Conflict and Cooperation
