Neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the 'multiple demand network,' which is also recruited for complex cognitive tasks such as solving math problems or crossword puzzles. [1] Code. Language. So different. So similar. Worlds hiding behind words. Worlds hiding behind lines of code. Worlds made of dreams... Dreams of a cosmos that was never there... (Can you speak the unspeakable?) Play a video game. Your mind lost in non-existent worlds. Laughing. Angry. Happy. Could anything be more real than that? Ask Ulysses. For anyone who hasn't fought in Troy, Troy was never there...
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