The brain uses an 'anastomotic' architecture where information from all sources mixes together before the final output, similar to how tributary streams merge in river systems like the Danube, Nile, or Suwannee River, creating integrated signals rather than parallel but separate channels.
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“I'm talking about machines which resemble, let's say, the mouth of the Danube or the mouth of the Nile, or better yet, the mouth of the Suwannee River. These are what the Greeks called anastomotic affairs. That is, the water from each contributory stream is mixed with the water from every other contributory stream before they finally get out the mouths of the river.”
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Interview with Inventor of Neural Nets Warren McCulloch, neurologist who helped start it way back.— trwappersCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:16:43 PM
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