Google’s kinship with the mind


	Google’s kinship with the mind

wildcat

12-16-2007 6:04 AM

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mind, brain, google, thought, science

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12-16-2007 6:45 AM

mugofcoffee

very interesting! may be the web links work in the similar way as our brain cells works!

12-16-2007 7:50 AM

skwirlinator

Yeah, brains came first

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