If we could watch brain signals, would they make sense? Not really. After all, observation is mitigated by theory. "One cannot use data withou having at least the beginnings of some theory or hypothesis."
Where *do* we get our ideas? From communities, including the society of agents in our head. "Brains don't manufacture thoughts in the direct ways that muscles exert forces or ovaries make estrogens; instead, to get a good idea, one must engage huge organizations of submachines that do a vast variety of jobs." Problem with getting ideas from societies of agents -- most agents can't communicate with one another.
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