The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In terms of the brain, you can in a crude way think of the human brain as a computer.
Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.
The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.
The computer is not, in our opinion, a good model of the mind, but it is as the trumpet is to the orchestra - you really need it. And so, we have very massive simulations in computers because the problem is, of course, very complex.
We pretend that the brain is binary, like a computer. But it's not. It's completely holographic.
Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it encounters the world.
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
Ask not what the brain can do for the computer. Ask what the computer can do for the brain.
Not only have computers changed the way we think, they've also discovered what makes humans think - or think we're thinking. At least enough to predict and even influence it.
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.