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> where a single set of components does all sorts of things, switching function millions times per second. Of course you cannot analyze it using biological meth
by hprotagonist 4y ago
> where a single set of components does all sorts of things, switching function millions times per second. Of course you cannot analyze it using biological methods, no organisms work like that!
uh, what do you think the brain does ..? does it have a magic special place cell for every place you’ve ever remembered being? (no)
- theamk 4y agoThe brain has specific area for each function - one part of the brain is responsible for sense of smell, another for vision, etc.. See Wikipedia [0] for basic introduction to this. Compare this to CPU, where a single register bank, ALU, memory controller are used for everything - player movement, score keeping, sound, disk access, keyboard input handling. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodmann_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodmann_area
- hprotagonist 4y agoit gets substantially more complicated than this very rapidly, i’m sorry to say. And the debate between anatomists and physiologists rages as fiercely as ever. I don’t deny the existence of anatomically distinct brain regions — my research area is in the auditory cortex — but i promise you it’s not nearly as simple as “one area one function”