From Tony Cheney
I think we should be careful about constructing maps of our brains (5 February, p 32). I remember a science fiction story, I think by Arthur C. Clarke, about a team of neuroscientists who worked for years to construct a highly accurate map of brain functions.
When the leader of the team eventually came to contemplate the finished product, he became locked in a feedback loop, with his brain thinking about his brain thinking about his brain…
He then had to be carried away, frozen into immobility. A warning to the curious, perhaps.
Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
