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So basically just mapping each individual neuron and all of their connections is almost useless?


No that would be amazing. But we don’t have the technology to map all the connections in large mammalian brains. It was done in the fruitfly just this year: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9330


that is a pretty amazing work


Useless? No, but by today standards it doesn't amount to much. It's like having a low res pic in black and white. It worked alright in the past. That's the point.




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