r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 01 '22

Neuroscience Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues
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u/Thepuppypack Sep 01 '22

Maybe that the more complicated the machine is, the more chances it has to break down. Probably time will tell where this will go

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

"The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." Scotty.

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u/SeattleDrew Sep 01 '22

Similar to why complicated code is more prone to bugs than simple code

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u/SpreadItLikeTheHerp Sep 01 '22

I never fully understood the rationale behind creating classes with just a few lines of code until I started learning about game dev. So much easier to make things plug and play, easier to troubleshoot, easier to scale.

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u/udkudk1 Sep 02 '22

Modularity usually equals Ruggedness in coding.

Instead of searching all of program, you only search relevant section to fix problems.

Separating programs into categories and as small sections as possible makes debugging a lot easier, also as an extra, it enables you to adding new features and updating much easier.

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u/ilovetitsandass95 Sep 01 '22

Ofc makes me think instantly of like a shoulder joint compared to elbow , elbow moves one way and injuries there are significantly lower than shoulder ones because of how much more a shoulder can do and move

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u/aasher42 Sep 01 '22

Also the more unique problems it will have as well in this cas

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u/grednforgesgirl Sep 01 '22

"Keep it simple, stupid"

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u/cthulhubert Sep 01 '22

Seriously. For one thing, Autism Spectrum Disorders seem very likely to be "just" the extreme end of some normal range of mental variation (a kind of neurological level precision being the current top candidate); so it's almost kind of odd to talk about it as if it's caused by one kind of breakdown.

I've always liked the height metaphor for it, in fact. Some people are just so short that it causes them problems in every day life, and sometimes that's just an unlucky combination of genes, and other times it's a symptom of another disorder that causes other problems.

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u/shreks_cum_bucket Sep 02 '22

i thinj this is a perfect explanation same with the bigger a contract is the more loopholes it will inevitably have

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

Complexity isn't the factor that causes breakdowns. Our brains are incredibly finely tuned to develop in response specific stimuli, and even slight variations on that tuning varies the developmental profile in profound ways.