| 17.12.2007 by Zoltan |  |
Pollock was a neuroscientist
The boundaries between art and science became quite a bit more blurry today with the release of the image above. Its a CGI representation of the 10,000 neurons and 30 million connections that make up a single neocortical column (the really complex backbone of any brain) of a rat.
You can read more here, but the really interesting part is how much it resembles Pollock’s series of über-famous action paintings, like the “Blue Poles” example shown just below. These paintings were (supposedly) based on jam dripping down the wall, and if that turns out to be the same pattern as the make up of the most complex super-computer ever, then what exactly does that say about us vs. all the aliens out there in their fancy time-travelling spacecraft?
