I don't think anyone really claims that all you need is the wiring diagram, even those who really want to see a connectome. Then again, I stay away from philoso

I don't think anyone really claims that all you need is the wiring diagram, even those who really want to see a connectome. Then again, I stay away from philosophical debates about the connectome. Everyone who's paying attention understands that individual neurons have the potential for very complex, but precise, behavior. But knowing the connections across the brain (at some resolution) is helpful for plenty of reasons. If I want to understand how areas in the brain communicate, it's immensely useful to know where they're connected, for instance. Let's say I have 200 sensors I can place in the brain wherever I want. Placing them at crucial nodes or connected areas could be tremendously useful, since we can't yet put sensors everywhere for most spatial and temporal resolutions we want.