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I'm not against modeling aspects of the brain based on what we know, just don't call that "whole brain" simulation/model.
by p1esk 7y ago
I'm not against modeling aspects of the brain based on what we know, just don't call that "whole brain" simulation/model.
- marmaduke 7y agoWhat would you call SimCity if not a city simulator?
- AstralStorm 7y agoIt's a city simulator, not specific city simulator or even close. It is not accurate either as accuracy was not the main goal, but fun. Human brain is a very specific and complex brain which we do not understand - vastly less than even cities at any scale. And to produce any useful answers, the model has to be accurate to some degree - and we don't know how much. HBP indeed had no question which it tried to answer - it's more like climbing a mountain because it exists.
- p1esk 7y agoI have no problem with calling SimCity a “whole city” simulator. Why? Because we have a good functional model of a city. We understand its operation on any level. Not the case with the brain.