[kittiepryde]

It might give us an idea of how many types of models we would need to correspond to all genetically reasonable types of neurons.

(my interpretation of the comment) For example, if there are like 8 free variables on neuron formation from the genetic blueprints, and then we find they produce reasonably different neuron types about 16 times over the range of that variable. We could end up with 4 billion possible models that we would need to simulate all possible neurons; then I guess you'd want to reduce those by saying that these two were like these other two and starting condensing them down; I'm not sure where this would go, but maybe we would find something cool or find a new insight by figuring out all possibilities

[causi]

The difference between being able to describe a neuron's behavior and being able to simulate that behavior is the difference between being able to say "ten trillion trillion PN junctions" and being able to build a working computer that fits that description.