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Why your brain is not a computer

The long read: For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?

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“Global understanding, when it comes, will likely take the form of highly diverse panels loosely stitched together into a patchwork quilt.”

In a computer, software and hardware are separate; however, our brains and our minds consist of what can best be described as wetware, in which what is happening and where it is happening are completely intertwined.

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