"Since when do the locations of the neurons interpreting the input even matter?" Incidentally, these neurons theoretically could go anywhere (as long as they'r

"Since when do the locations of the neurons interpreting the input even matter?" Incidentally, these neurons theoretically could go anywhere (as long as they're connected correctly), but in practice they end up arranged retinotopically (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinotopy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinotopy).