Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
The human brain is incredible at synthesizing and uncovering meaning from information but is largely deficient (compared to computers) at long-term memory storage and raw processing power. At various work experiences we've had over the years (both Google and Yelp), a common problem came up: critical information didn't arrive at the right place at t... See more
Mario Gabriele • In Flight | Mem Labs đź§
To be frank, science knows surprisingly little about mind and consciousness. Current orthodoxy holds that consciousness is created by electrochemical reactions in the brain, and that mental experiences fulfil some essential data-processing function.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Philosophers have encapsulated this riddle in a trick question: what happens in the mind that doesn’t happen in the brain? If nothing happens in the mind except what happens in our massive network of neurons – then why do we need the mind? If something does indeed happen in the mind over and above what happens in the neural network – where the hell
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Science finds it hard to decipher the mysteries of the mind largely because we lack efficient tools. Many people, including many scientists, tend to confuse the mind with the brain, but they are really very different things.
Yuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Computers and brains are built on completely different principles. One is programmed, one is self-learning.
Sandra Blakeslee • On Intelligence
Or we could more accurately say that mind is not something produced by the brain, but that which the brain does. Said still another way, the brain’s activity—and, indeed, the activity of our nervous system in total—is our mind. To quote neuroscientist Simon LeVay, “The mind is just the