Brain-as-computer debate reignited: is neural encoding lossy, redundant, or neither?
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-05
- The quoted article "Your Brain Does Not Process Information and it is Not a Computer" argues the brain shouldn't be seen as an information-processing system.
- Reposter @josephhgarvin predicts this view "will age poorly": he argues neural encoding will prove extraordinarily complex — simultaneously lossy and redundant, concentrated yet distributed, dedicated but overlapping — multiple evolved systems layered together, though still physical.
- The exchange touches the classic debate over whether the computational metaphor applies to the brain, relevant to AI's paradigms.
Related event: "The Brain Is Not a Computer" Argument Resurfaces(2 posts)→
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