Brains as Scientists

the brain is like a tree

I think that the brain is like a scientist; however, it only works if you look at the most perfect scientist (and the most perfect brain, I guess). In relation the brain's ability to make stuff up, there is no bias. The brain does not tell its owner that it is filling something in or covering something up or that the monster in the dream is not real, it just does it, accepts it, and moves on. The scientist knows that he or she must retest and change a variable. So the brain is like a scientist, but it fools itself into refusing to retest.

My first metaphor: The brain is like a puzzle . The pieces need to fit together to make a larger picture --coherent thought.
The brain as a scientist makes sense. It is a 'good story'. The idea of learning as getting things wrong makes sense as well --that your brain has expectations and by getting those expectations wrong you learn something new. It makes sense because that way it seems as if you would be able to expand your knowledge. If you got something correct it seems as if you would have already known the thing. The brain as a scientist is a very interesting story.

the Brain is like a capital city, in which your body is the whole country.

I liked the Brain as a scientist model better than the traditional model because it explains why the nervous system is still working even when your not thinking, like when you are sleeping. I also thought it was cool how the brain can make things up like with the paper with a dot and a cross on it.

"The brain is like a tree; it starts out as one root, grows with core knowledge, and shoots off in different subdivisions of thought. You cannot know everything at once, just like you cannot count all of the leaves on the tree."

The brain is even more amazing than I thought. The fact that it can control and create so much without me knowing exactly what is happening is awesome, but a little scary.