Humans best understand systems by analogy to systems they already understand. We best understand systems we have built ourselves. It ends up limiting how we thi

Humans best understand systems by analogy to systems they already understand. We best understand systems we have built ourselves. It ends up limiting how we think about problems and which problems we can understand. For example, to model the circulatory system we needed experience with plumbing. You see the same kind of thinking in electronic circuit models. Brains aren't computers but some aspects are analogous to computers. Some day we may create new systems that further our understanding of the brain and the mind