[mjpuser]

I have been on similar kicks for drawing similarities between the two, but it never pans out to anything useful. I.e how does this move the science forward?

I can play devil's advocate (aka classic hacker news' commenter) and say what about inhibiting neurons? Tonic neurons? What about the ability for the brain to do recall after hearing a name once? Procedural memory? Does the relationship you point out help you understand any of these things?