> What does it mean to model the cat brain? They don't seem to have a way of testing it. Sounds like Dawkins' computer models of "insect" evolution: fun, inter

> What does it mean to model the cat brain? They don't seem to have a way of testing it. Sounds like Dawkins' computer models of "insect" evolution: fun, interesting and even beautiful, but not falsifiable. Visual art rather than science. Seems they're saying they've constructed a neural network of comparable complexity to a cat's brain - for some value of comparable. And they're arguing about that value. Meanwhile, their cat's brain performs nothing like an actual cat's brain. The question doesn't even arise. But it's hard to tell, as the article is very information light. As in code, complexity is impressive. Not necessarily useful or truthful.