One bit of additional info on this topic. To understand how and why neurons are independent, you need to understand how a baby's brain grows into its body by pr

One bit of additional info on this topic. To understand how and why neurons are independent, you need to understand how a baby's brain grows into its body by producing an overabundance of neurons and then "pruning" the ones that aren't used. So neurons are subject to natural selection as we grow: http://mxplx.com/Meme/922/ http://mxplx.com/Meme/922/