Working on courseware about brain networks makes me focus on connectivity elsewhere. It turns out that I already did a feature on brain networks several years ago, and didn’t remember the terminology. I’ve also done features on plants connecting via fungal networks.
Curbside Classic ran some personal pix from its readers for the holiday. This one caught my attention. Dogs are natural network connectors. A dog will always try to touch as many friends as it can, whether the friends are dogs or people. In this picture the dog is connecting three of the five people, without seeming to stretch. He’d undoubtedly connect the others if he could herd them into the network.
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