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I don't think crystals make a good metaphor for brains and your post suffers from mixing metaphors all through, most notably by also using a lot of computer metaphors.
Agree. I had to filter out that part because it just didn't (seem to) fit.
Same, I found the crystal stuff distracting.
Hmm. I didn't expect this. (I had not previously identified myself as someone unusually compelled by metaphors involving crystals, perhaps due to a lack of data.) I think it's too deeply embedded to pull out, not to mention I'd have to change the title. Sorry =/
Computer metaphors? Where?
I don't parse either of those as computer-related. I use the term "brain-bits" to mean cognitive modules; the 'bits' part is just a more alliterative synonym of 'pieces' or 'sections' in that context. I'm not even sure how to reply to the suggestion that the second example is computer-related; none of the terms in that sentence except 'bit' (which I again parse as 'piece') parse that way to me, outside of the fact that they're sometimes used to describe computers.
Well, I guess it's an example of the sort of effect described in the article then. Some other parts also sounded somewhat computery to me, but that probably just was priming.