Why Brains Are Different From Computers

[R'as al Ghul]

Lol.
The idea that brains are digital and not analog is what brought cybernetics, computer science, cognitive psychology etc. to the point where we are now. It was a great shift in paradigm. Before the 20th century we've compared our bodies and brains with mechanical analog machines.
I think he takes the analogy too far and hasn't understood the basic texts by Wiener, von Neumann, Bense, Turing etc.
I agree with some of the points that commentator #3 brings up.

If anyone is interested in the history of computing, computers, computer science as well as cybernetics and the ontological/ philosophical questions linked to those I can provide some sources and pointers.

R'as

[Faust|]

Lol.
The idea that brains are digital and not analog is what brought cybernetics, computer science, cognitive psychology etc. to the point where we are now. It was a great shift in paradigm. Before the 20th century we've compared our bodies and brains with mechanical analog machines.
I think he takes the analogy too far and hasn't understood the basic texts by Wiener, von Neumann, Bense, Turing etc.
I agree with some of the points that commentator #3 brings up.

Eh? Brains can be modeled and conceptualized like digital machines at several levels, but they are not entirely digital systems in reality... that's all the author is saying I believe.