The concept of 'mess' (as in a visually chaotic or disorganized state) cannot be explained by feature detectors; there are no specific neurons or feature detectors that fire when seeing a mess.

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Douglas Hofstadter

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what are the features of a mess? I would like to know which neurons, which feature detectors in my brain fire when I see a mess.

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Analogy as the Core of CognitionStanford
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:12:22 PM

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