====== 2024-W24 reading notes ======

===== The Empty Brain =====

source: [[https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer|The empty brain]] by Robert Epstein

  * 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.