# Mammalian Brains Broadcast Information Globally by Stanislas Dehaene > "Rather, the brain of all mammals incorporates a long-distance information sharing system that breaks the modularity of brain areas and allows them to broadcast information globally." > **— Stanislas Dehaene**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Two Cognitive Functions That Machines Still Lack](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26080) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Stanislas Dehaene; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Digital Thread|Digital Thread]] - [[wiki/Information Structure|Information Structure]] - [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] - [[wiki/Knowledge Graph|Knowledge Graph]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Rather, the brain of all mammals incorporates a long-distance information sharing system that breaks the modularity of brain areas and allows them to broadcast information globally." — Stanislas Dehaene, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-stanislas-dehaene-mammalian-brains-broadcast-information-globally ```