Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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.