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> If the brain is like a computer That’s a common misconception. The brain is not like a computer. The brain can’t store and execute programs.
by pjerem 3y ago
> If the brain is like a computer
That’s a common misconception. The brain is not like a computer. The brain can’t store and execute programs.
- kaba0 3y agoThe halting problem is about computable functions. Every real thing can at most solve computable functions — so for all practical purposes, a brain is a computer that has all the same limits.
- shkkmo 3y ago> That’s a common misconception. The brain is not like a computer. The brain can’t store and execute programs. Can't it? The brain is absolutely capable of emulating a turing complete system such as running a program.
- pjerem 3y agoCan it ? I mean, sure you can reason about a portion of code on your screen but there is no way you could emulate anything without some visual support. There is no way your short term memory could store the program and the variables. The human brain can barely remember 5 to 10 words for several seconds and you have no control on your long term memory. So yes your brain can somehow emulate a computer if you give him a pen, a sheet of paper paper, time, and a lot of sugar. But that’s not because it’s functioning like a computer but rather because you learnt how a computer work.