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I doubt its much like either, although a distributed network might be our current best but still poor guess. At any given time period people are always comparin
by Dn_Ab 16y ago
I doubt its much like either, although a distributed network might be our current best but still poor guess. At any given time period people are always comparing the brain to their most salient piece of current technology. While at each step more of the brain's essence is arguably captured, the metaphors still leave alot to be desired - glossing over gigantic swathes of functionality.
The brain has been compared to spirits, hydraulics, clockwork systems, computers and now the internet. I think it takes hubris to not expect people in the future to think our current theories of the brain to be as quaint as how we now view ideas of the brain as a mechanical system.
- barrkel 16y agoI've also seen telephone switchboard comparisons.
- saint-loup 16y ago>>> At any given time period people are always comparing the brain to their most salient piece of current technology. Exactly. Guess what ? http://scientopia.org/blogs/childsplay/2010/08/a-thinking-machine-on-metaphors-for-mind/ http://scientopia.org/blogs/childsplay/2010/08/a-thinking-ma...
- jerf 16y agoWell, it's actually sort of hard for "distributed network" to be wrong. That's not because it's a brilliant insight, but because it's so vague it's almost inconceivable it does not include the truth in the immense number of organizations that can be called "distributed networks".