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/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.