# The Brain Develops Through Evolutionary Cell Programs by Gary Marcus > “What's good enough for the body is good enough for the brain. Brains, like any other organ, take their special character from the actions of individual cells that divide, differentiate, migrate, and die, according to genetic programs that are the product of evolution.” > **— Gary Marcus**, *2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [Marcus' Law — Gary Marcus](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10977) — a verbatim passage from Gary Marcus's 2004 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2004-075). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event|The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Neuroscience|Neuroscience]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “What's good enough for the body is good enough for the brain. Brains, like any other organ, take their special character from the actions of individual cells that divide, differentiate, migrate, and die, according to genetic programs that are the product of evolution.” — Gary Marcus, 2004 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gary-marcus-brain-develops-through-evolutionary-cell ```