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From the Ted Talk by Henry Markram: A brain in a supercomputer

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The reason is because the most imoatpnrt design sceert of the brain is diversity. Every neuron is different. It's the same in the forest. Every pine tree is different. You may have many different types of trees, but every pine tree is different. And in the barin it's the same. So there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as another, and there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as in yours. And your neurons are not going to be oieenrtd and positioned in exactly the same way. And you may have more or less neurons. So it's very unlikely that you got the same fabric, the same circuitry.

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The reason is because the most _________ design ______ of the brain is diversity. Every neuron is different. It's the same in the forest. Every pine tree is different. You may have many different types of trees, but every pine tree is different. And in the _____ it's the same. So there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as another, and there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as in yours. And your neurons are not going to be ________ and positioned in exactly the same way. And you may have more or less neurons. So it's very unlikely that you got the same fabric, the same circuitry.

Solution


  1. oriented
  2. brain
  3. secret
  4. important

Original Text


The reason is because the most important design secret of the brain is diversity. Every neuron is different. It's the same in the forest. Every pine tree is different. You may have many different types of trees, but every pine tree is different. And in the brain it's the same. So there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as another, and there is no neuron in my brain that is the same as in yours. And your neurons are not going to be oriented and positioned in exactly the same way. And you may have more or less neurons. So it's very unlikely that you got the same fabric, the same circuitry.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. brain
  2. circuitry
  3. design
  4. diversity
  5. fabric
  6. forest
  7. important
  8. neuron
  9. neurons
  10. oriented
  11. pine
  12. positioned
  13. reason
  14. secret
  15. tree
  16. trees
  17. types