Reverse-Engineering The Brain
Even understanding the simplest parts of the brain is beyond our reach.
Recent experiments trying to reverse-engineer a computer chip from the 70s(those used to play Atari and Nintendo games) showed that one cannot even detect the hierarchy of how the information is processed inside, despite having a clear understanding of how chips work in a computer.
This provides a glimpse of the vastness of the brain and how little we know about it.
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