Good morning Smerity, I'm sorry if my response sounded harsh. It wasn't my goal to confuse readers and I admit that it's a work in progress. That said I must

Good morning Smerity, I'm sorry if my response sounded harsh. It wasn't my goal to confuse readers and I admit that it's a work in progress. That said I must clarify a few things as I realise that I left out important details: 1. Regarding neuroscience: Those researchers I've mentioned(Kording et al.) are actually people I've discussed this issue with recently. That's the context. However, I must say that I thoroughly agree with you that "deep learning learns just like a human brain" is a very inaccurate statement and a reflection of the imprecise understanding many deep learning practitioners(and some researchers) have of their own field. 2. My approach to math: Was certainly not the approach used by deep learning tutorials. The issue I have with the proliferation of these tutorials on the internet is that they lead to familiarity rather than understanding. How to reach such a theoretical understanding is debatable and I'd like to encourage a debate. In fact, this list is part of a bigger project which I'd like to collaborate on with others in the near future. You can think of it as the early stages of a Bourbaki project for deep learning. :) Who was Bourbaki: http://www.ams.org/notices/200709/tx070901150p.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200709/tx070901150p.pdf