On the other hand, brain as a computational entity is a theory that's been around for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind h

On the other hand, brain as a computational entity is a theory that's been around for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_theory_of_mind > Despite being vigorously disputed in analytic philosophy in the 1990s due to work by Putnam himself, John Searle, and others, the view is common in modern cognitive psychology and is presumed by many theorists of evolutionary psychology. The theory is quite foundational for cognitive science and popular in a number of other fields. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science#Computational_modeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science#Computationa... So it's not like he's doing anything fundamentally new. He's maybe come up with a new computational model that might give new insights.