The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings. Behaviors arise from interactions, not central control. Essay on the #EntangledBrain by Luis @PessoaBrain #Neuroscience #ComplexityScience #CognitiveScience aeon.co/essays/how-t...

2 For those without NYT access: David Brooks’ piece (Jan 16, 2026) reflects a broader shift in neuroscience — away from strict one-to-one modular mappings toward distributed, dynamic brain networks. Grounded in work by Luiz Pessoa (The Entangled Brain).
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1/5 Bye-bye strict modularity—hello emergent patterns from distributed neuronal ensembles.
The ‘murmuration’ metaphor captures why the brain defies neat categorization.
Implications for cognition, consciousness and even AI design?”

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