It is trivially true that the brain is not a digital electronic computer. You cannot, however, use that simple fact to show that the brain is not some sort of i

It is trivially true that the brain is not a digital electronic computer. You cannot, however, use that simple fact to show that the brain is not some sort of information-processing device, and as for the notion that brains do not store information, I wonder what he thinks memories are. The author concludes by asking "Given this reality, why do so many scientists talk about our mental life as if we were computers?" He offers no support for the proposition that this view is common, and I suspect he is often taking, as literal, speech that was intended to be metaphorical.