The Idea of the Brain by Matthew Cobb quiz ridiculous but deadly

ridiculous but deadly

but drained of everything else

Earlier scientists thought about it in their own technological terms: as a telephone switchboard

said Lynsey Hanley in The Guardian

The Idea of the Brain by Matthew Cobb quiz ridiculous but deadlyNot published until 12th March 2020. This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe. Today we tend to picture the brain as a computer. Earlier scientists thought about it in their own technological terms: as a telephone switchboard, or a clock, or all manner of fantastic mechanical or hydraulic devices. Could the right metaphor unlock the brain's deepest secrets once and for all? Galloping through centuries of