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by mallowfram 241 days ago
The brain is nothing like a computer.
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01HNNWZ0MV43FF 241 days ago
They both have input and output and obey the laws of material nature. They take in information, make decisions, and then take action.

Or is the brain not mathematical?

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mallowfram 241 days ago
Brains are none of those things. Thoughts aren't about things, there's no content to thoughts, and what it expresses, it behaves nothing the way computers do. https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-informati...
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pixl97 240 days ago
Ah, psychologists contriving arguments on why the brain isn't some particular thing or another. Or, that "phycologist learns about fuzzy edge/component compression"
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