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Hot_Egg5840 t1_jbq9pnj wrote

"The brain is the physical object that makes us who we are".

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mikk0384 t1_jbr6ij4 wrote

There is no need to. The difference is still massive. Half a million vs hundreds of trillions is a difference of approximately 1 000 000 000:1

It isn't saying that the fruit fly is anything like a person, just that it is more than the larvae that had been mapped previously - closer to the human brain.

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