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 ====== 2024-W24 reading notes ====== ====== 2024-W24 reading notes ======
  
-  * [[https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer|The empty brain]]+===== The Empty Brain ===== 
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 +source: [[https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer|The empty brain]] by Robert Epstein 
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 +  * Computer metaphor of the brain isn't very useful or helpful. 
 +  * All the past metaphors were based on most recent discoveries or inventions of their time but usually very far from the brain. For example: hydraulic machines in 3rd century BCE or complex machines in 17th century. 
 +  * Simple experiments with drawing a dollar bill from memory show how little detail we can recall, while anyone can recognise that bill when they see it.