Jeff Beck

It will always be the case that our explanation for how the brain works will be by analogy to the most sophisticated technology that we have.

How's that for a non-answer, right?

So, you know, a couple thousand years ago, right, how'd the brain work?

It was like levers and pulleys, man.

I mean, duh.

Don't be ridiculous.

Why?

That was, you know, at some point in the Middle Ages, it became humors, right?

Because fluid dynamics was like the, you know, was the kind of technology, you know, the technology that was like the most advanced or technology that took advantage of water power was like the most advanced technology that we had.

Now the most advanced technology is computers.

So duh, that's exactly how the brain works.