The human nervous system is designed to tolerate continuous neuronal death—thousands of neurons die per day throughout adult life—and the system must be architected so that dying neurons degrade gracefully without catastrophic system failure.
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Dr. Warren McCullochEvidence Quote
“Neurons die at the order of thousands of neurons per day. We're built to run well to the 16th year of age, roughly. From that time on, you begin to be able to count the holes where there were cells and there are no more. So, you have to design it so that a cell, while it's dying, it's have to go pip pip pip pip pip and then quit. And after it's dead, it's not going to make too much difference.”
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Interview with Inventor of Neural Nets Warren McCulloch, neurologist who helped start it way back.— trwappersCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:16:43 PM
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