# Broad "If" statements in neural networks from context

**URL:** https://discourse.numenta.org/t/broad-if-statements-in-neural-networks-from-context/12625
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**Created:** [September 24, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/broad-if-statements-in-neural-networks-from-context/12625 "2026-09-24T06:06:31Z")
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### Author: ![SeanOConnor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/seanoconnor/32/3441_2.png) [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/broad-if-statements-in-neural-networks-from-context/12625/1 "2026-09-24T06:06:31Z")

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If you accept (or are willing to hypothesize) that a neural network is a sequence of context selected linear mappings, then applying SVD to the matrices is very telling:

[https://archive.org/details/the-broad-if-statement-in-a-neural-network](https://archive.org/details/the-broad-if-statement-in-a-neural-network)

[https://archive.org/details/context-as-an-if-statement](https://archive.org/details/context-as-an-if-statement)