Crucially, at each level down in the cascade the virtual homunculi become a bit less clever, to a point where all it needs to do is, say, pick the larger of two numbers.

一过程的关键在于，在串联在一起的每一较低层次的子系中，那虚拟侏儒会渐渐地变得不再那么聪明，直至到达样一为止。在上，需要那侏儒来做的全部事情就是在两数字中选出较大的那一。