# \#cortical-column

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## [Question about continuity and identity in distributed models](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/question-about-continuity-and-identity-in-distributed-models/1049)

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**Author:** [@Emanuel\_Cura\_Costa](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/Emanuel_Cura_Costa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/question-about-continuity-and-identity-in-distributed-models/1049 "2026-04-22T14:20:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been exploring the Thousand Brains framework recently, and I’m trying to better understand how to think about system-level continuity over time in a model composed of many interacting learning modules. …

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## [Notes on sub-module addressing](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/notes-on-sub-module-addressing/739)

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**Author:** [@Rich\_Morin](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/u/Rich_Morin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.thousandbrains.org/t/notes-on-sub-module-addressing/739 "2025-08-10T23:43:10Z")

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In Notions on addressing of LMs, “input ports”, etc, I talked about the need to send messages to particular parts of (say) a Learning Module. In an attempt to ground this goal in human biology, I had ChatGPT generate a s…