How many parameters and parameter-links are needed to model thinking? I've seen one number, 88B plus for modeling the brain's neurons. And there is that blue

How many parameters and parameter-links are needed to model thinking? I've seen one number, 88B plus for modeling the brain's neurons. And there is that blue brain project. An author commented in an interview on her book that language is the skin of the mind. When IBM was using the Think-X branding before selling off bits of itself, what was the IBM culture/tradition saying to itself on modeling thinking?