Cortical Column Networks
The cortical column was a hypothesis about a general organizational principle for the cortex, which turned out to be more or less false but which has lived on as a kind of “zombie science” because too many people built their careers around it and we can’t admit that it isn’t a real thing until they all retire. The thing that <i>actually exists</i> is “neurons above and below each other tend to respond to the same stimulus&#x2F;action in the real world.” Jeff Hawkins, being a smart neuroscience-amateur, seems to have never realized that cortical columns are this nice idea that was found to be wrong a long time ago, but neuroscientists don’t say that out of politeness to the profs who built their careers on the concept. For more detail: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;15937015&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;15937015&#x2F;</a>