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Why don't we understand the brain? (alleninstitute.org)
3 points by alacode 923 days ago
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Rob Piercy: "Do neuroscientists understand how the brain works?"

Stephen Smith: "The numbers get out of hand really quick for brains. The number of synapses in one human brain is equal to the number of stars in 5000 Milky Way’s."