A Well-Woven Study of Graphs, Brains, and Gremlins by Marko Rodriguez.
From the post:
What do graphs and brains have in common? First, they both share a relatively similar structure: Vertices/neurons are connected to each other by edges/axons. Second, they both share a similar process: traversers/action potentials propagate to effect some computation that is a function of the topology of the structure. If there exists a mapping between two domains, then it is possible to apply the processes of one domain (the brain) to the structure of the other (the graph). The purpose of this post is to explore the application of neural algorithms to graph systems.
Entertaining and informative post by Marko Rodriguez comparing graphs, brains and the graph query language Gremlin.
I agree with Marko on the potential of graphs but am less certain than I read him to be on how well we understand the brain. Both the brain and graphs have many dark areas yet to be explored. As we shine new light on one place, more unknown places are just beyond the reach of our light.