Scientists have gone from cutting it open and looking at it to a static image from an mri. The goal of being able to find genius or illness somewhere specifically in the brain remains persistently out of reach. A reporter, bird pinkerton has a story about a totally different approach to thinking about the brain.
Will scientists ever fully understand the human brain? In their quest for knowledge, they’ve tried knives, magnets, computers, blood, and even a good metaphor.
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