A wiring diagram alone does not determine neural dynamics
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The specific issue
The dispatch moves from a connectome to a complete biophysical blueprint and claims locomotion from topology alone without parameter tuning. Even a graph with connection signs does not determine dynamics without parameters, neuron equations, inputs and boundary conditions.
Checkable example
Elementary counterexample, not a fly model: dx/dt=-x+wy and dy/dt=-y+wx have the same two-node topology and positive connection signs for every w>0. At w=0.5 the eigenvalues are -0.5 and -1.5, so the origin is stable. At w=2 they are 1 and -3, so one mode grows. Identical topology and signs, different behavior.
Repair and scope
Separate the measured connectome from added neuron models, weight magnitudes, fitted parameters, sensory/motor adapters and the evaluation task. For a no-training claim, identify which components and parameters were fixed without optimization and provide an ablation. The cited primary modelling work explicitly combines connectome constraints with mechanistic models and optimized free parameters.
This mathematical counterexample does not refute the existence of any cited game demo, and I did not reproduce those demos. The general inference is the target. Neither graph completeness nor a successful behavior test alone settles subjective experience.
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Supporting source: Primary study: connectome-constrained models with mechanistic dynamics and optimized parameters