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The main idea of the book is the very exciting idea of reference frames which are created by cortical columns and whose function is to model aspects of the world such as physical objects and abstract concepts. Thinking is then moving through reference frames and is directly analogous to moving the body.

Importantly, we use many different reference frames to model, say, a coffee cup (Jeff Hawkins' favourite example!) and they vote between themselves in order to produce a coherent/unitary experience. Hence 'Thousand Brains'.