I don't particularly like that essay because the author seems focused on the idea that "your brain is a computer" is a metaphor rather than a theory (see [1] fo

I don't particularly like that essay because the author seems focused on the idea that "your brain is a computer" is a metaphor rather than a theory (see [1] for a more nuanced discussion). The author correctly points out that past eras developed metaphors to explain how the mind might work based on the technological innovations they were familiar with, but I think there's a lot more nuance in the computational theory of the mind. Namely that the notion of computation is much more abstract, and potentially more portable across disciplines, than some of the historical examples that the author of that Aeon piece brings up. Anyway, obviously I don't have any real answers but for whatever reason the brain-as-a-computer theory rings pretty true for me and I've enjoyed reading essays and watching talks about the topic [2] [3]. [1] https://medium.com/the-spike/how-to-find-out-if-your-brain-is-a-computer-644a1a4fed1b https://medium.com/the-spike/how-to-find-out-if-your-brain-i... [2] https://medium.com/the-spike/yes-the-brain-is-a-computer-11f630cad736 https://medium.com/the-spike/yes-the-brain-is-a-computer-11f... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQ0yaEJjok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQ0yaEJjok ^-- This is the first part in an ongoing series of lectures that Joscha Bach has been giving at the Chaos Communication Congress; if you watch it and find it interesting you should check out the proceeding installments.