Basic Connectomics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Connectomy
to chart the connections:
a connectome
what each part is,
how it supports the whole,
how it ought to interact with other parts
and the environment
how might we grasp the entirety?
understanding
all this complexity
millions of things
happening simultaneously
within
without
no point
you can say,
‘I now understand’
the world is.
ideas conform.
information
is the enemy
of understanding
which details are irrelevant?
making sense of facts
truth through an unfocused lens
sculpted by language
processed by culture
watching ice melt
we stoke the fire