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 Another beneficial valence of the network metaphor, which reinforces that sense of agency, is its presumption of regularity. If the brain is a network, we might be puzzled by the activity of its "invisible switches," but we can keep in mind that with systematic observation, we can understand something of how they work and try to improve system performance (however defined).
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<		These knowable regularities might be thought of as emerging from the interaction of genes and experience (in the form of memories encoded in the brain). We might call that the source code of a person. Genes may be fixed (though their expression can be mediated by environmental factors), but memories can be added to or reinterpreted. If, in Larry Lessig's metaphor, software code is law, this psychological source code is also law. Using the language of law, this source code is the "order" of the ordered liberty of our psyche. Importantly, this "legal system" can be understood and modified.
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>		These knowable regularities might be thought of as emerging from the interaction of genes and experience (in the form of memories encoded in the brain). We might call that the source code of a person. Genes may be fixed (though their expression can be mediated by environmental factors), but memories can be added to or reinterpreted. If, in Larry Lessig's metaphor, software code is law, this psychological source code is also law. Using the language of law, this source code is the "order" of the ordered liberty of our psyche. Importantly, this "legal system" can be understood and modified. Brain research indicates that education and training can change the physical structure of the brain.
 

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