Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?

[Tomte]

http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268

[CarolineW]

There have been previous submissions and discussions of this intriguing article, but comments are now closed on them. Anyone interested in reading the previous thoughts of the HN collective wisdom can find (some of) them here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11780565 (50 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13399004 (7 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13388686 (1 comment)

Other submissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13504110

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13480186

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13479902

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13392426

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12147060