A map of a fly’s brain does not explain consciousness

If we had to summarize the angle of this story, I would not say we have deciphered a brain. I would say we have achieved something perhaps more useful: a map complete enough for discussions about how a small brain works to move beyond mere anatomical speculation. Now it is time to connect structure with activity, and activity with behavior. Knowing that a bridge exists does not yet explain when it is crossed, why it is crossed, or what happens if the weather changes. And that is the less spectacular part of the headline, but probably the most important: after the map comes the slow work of understanding what it means. 139,255 neurons and more than 50 million synapses are not the final answer about the mind. They are the beginning of a new class of questions. The fly has not handed us the secret of consciousness, but it has given us a magnificent reminder: even small brains are profoundly complex systems.

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