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Re:The brain is not a computer by SerLava on Thursday May 19, 2016 @10:39AM (#11730549)
He really didn't show where people are struggling due to that supposed handicap. He also didn't show why brains aren't literally performing the task of computing.

I mean shit, if I judge the distance between two points, how can it not be said that I have collected sensory data and computed the result?

All of his examples were pedantic or irrelevant.

Re:The brain is not a computer by iofj on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:42PM (#11731490)
When somebody says humans don't compute, I like this picture :

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/computer_w...

Let's call it "ipython before computers", or "excel before computers" if you must.