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No matter how hard they try brain scientists and cognitive psychologists will never find a copy of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the brain—or copies of words, pictures, grammatical rules or any other kinds of environmental stimuli. The human brain isn’t really empty, of course. But it does not contain
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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays
Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
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The available options are:
1. “Yes.”
2. [Lie] “No.”
3. [Lie] “Yes.”
4. “No.”
5. “Now that you ask, I’m not so sure.”
6. “There is no way to be certain.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cv35qcosmyolzqbe5dknsob7/bafkreibpndtrqbdlbnjkgwo5h5vkasly7dpmzdip5slz4ryo5smwg7wm7y)
