Brain maps don't explain mind

Detailed maps of neurons, connections and activity are valuable but insufficient to explain cognition and subjective experience because the mind depends on dynamical, contextual, and normative processes that don't reduce cleanly to wiring diagrams. Overpromising that 'mapping' will deliver explanations can mislead policy, science funding, AI claims and clinical expectations. — This reframing tempers exaggerated promises from neuroscience and AI, affecting research priorities, regulatory expectations, medical consent and public trust in brain‑based technologies.