"I thought this is some terrific computer down here."
— Blakeslee, Sandra
Author
Date
November 8, 1994
Metaphor
"I thought this is some terrific computer down here."
Metaphor in Context
"I was immediately interested in the brain's wiring diagram," Dr. Leiner said in a telephone interview, recalling her neuroanatomy classes. "When you dissect a human brain, you can see with the naked eye an enormous cable of 40 million nerve fibers descending from the cortex to the cerebellum. I knew how much information it could send. I was just floored. I thought this is some terrific computer down here."
Categories
Provenance
Reading Steven L. Winter's A Clearing in the Forest (University of Chicago Press, 2001), 23.
Citation
Sandra Blakeslee, "Theory on Human Brain Hints How Its Unique Traits Arose," The New York Times (November 8, 1994). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
06/14/2012
