Outdated technological metaphors for the brain blind us to its political identity

Evidence

As we have observed, any vision of the brain is necessarily political. It is not the identity of cerebral organization and socioeconomic organization that poses a problem, but rather the unconsciousness of this identity. The persistent use of long-defunct technological models to represent the brain bars access to a true understanding of cerebral function and justifies our lack of interest in it. — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 177

Categorization

• DEFINE: Identifies the mechanism by which the plasticity/flexibility confusion arises: obsolete representational models.
• XREF: connects to: People preferentially form false memories consistent with their political allegiances — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 82