You're reading this article with it - the human brain. This three-pound marvel can make more connections among its 100 billion neurons than the number of particles in the universe. The number of particles is estimated to be about 10 followed by 79 zeroes. You live in an attitude. As neuroscientists learn more about the way the brain works, computer scientists learn how to improve machines.
Metaphors are powerful things.
Ever since the first digital computers were created in the 1950's, we have had a seemingly irresistible urge to anthropomorphize them, likening computers to artificial brains, anticipating and sometimes even fearing the powers of intention and cognition they might someday embody. Sure, he's cute. Scientists who study sleep are ready for an awakening. If this were known, powerful genetic tools could be used to investigate sleep mechanisms and functions. The small bundles of fluff and feathers looked like any other freshly hatched chickens.