“But what if you touch a hot stove?” Sal asked. “That message doesn’t go to City Hall first. That’s too slow. It goes to the Spinal Cord —the ‘Roundabout.’ The reflex arcs just say, ‘Pull away NOW.’ That’s the town’s emergency siren.”

And she never forgot: sometimes, the most complex thing in the universe — the human brain — becomes simple when you stop memorizing and start seeing .

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The word "ridiculous" in the title is a promise. The drawings are intentionally simple, almost childlike. But that is the genius move.