Human Brain is no more than a highly complex computer. Discuss

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The Human Brain Is No More Than A Highly Complex Computer

Helen Kahur

Theory of Knowledge

November 2012

Introduction

Over time, computers have developed and therefore proven to be faster, omnipotent and generally more able as opposed to the human brain. We think that this is true, because computers have been programmed to work faster, and calculate faster. However, little do we realize that to be able to programme a computer, you have to have the knowledge and ability to be more intelligent than a computer. Computers do not work individually; it is the human’s job to make the computer work. The more intelligent the computer appears to be, the more intelligent the human brain must be. Thus, we come to think, which one is superior - the computer or the human brain? Which one can store a larger amount of memory, which one is faster, and how much power does each need and possess?

The Human Brain

The natural selection has programmed the human brain to feel, make decisions, object and reject when needed, and the human brain does not work in a logical manner, whereas computers do. The human brain is unique to one’s body, no one has mental access to your brain, and no one can mentally change your ‘’mind’’, so to say. Initially, the brain is based on a reciprocal nature of comprehending emotions, creating a so-called database of memories which repetitively appear in the visional side of the brain, which we call ‘’déjà vu’’. The brain allows us to predict, create flashbacks, foreshadow and interpret someone’s actions. There is no evidence from the past, that our far ancestors have had the same brain capabilities as we do nowadays. It is thought, however, that brains evolve themselves over time, as the world also evolves. It is too early to say whether the brain is developing, therefore becoming more skilled, or if its evolving due to the fact that the world outside of our brain is also evolving, which allows our brain to create a bigger vision of what’s happening outside of our brain.  

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Alan Turing

As Alan Turing said ‘’I am building a brain’’. This meant that Alan Turing was creating something out of the boundaries of the imagination of human beings; There was nothing invented such as what Turing had invented. Turing was creating a so-called artificial brain, which can either prove to be extremely intelligent, but perhaps not as intelligent as the human brain. This has been the inexplicable enigma for decades. Alan Turing was a fascinating mathematician, who created the idea of computing and computers. Unfortunately, the ever-so challenging German Enigma machine, which was created to unlock codes of the ...

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