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metaphors in biology

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 12:10pm.
Yep, arm as machine a "viable metaphor". How about brain as a machine? Or brain as a computer? or brain as a nested set of semi-autonomous input/output boxes? or .... ?

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