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Brain Is Not a Machine or Computer

The brain is nothing like a computer or any kind of mechanism; treating ourselves and the world as machines is scientifically inaccurate and socially, psychologically, and emotionally destructive, leading us to false beliefs about our duties to the planet and to one another, so we must stop thinking of ourselves and the world as machines.

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Speaker

Iain McGilchrist

Evidence Quote

The brain is nothing like a computer. It's nothing like any kind of mechanism at all.

Source

Iain McGilchrist on the Divided Brain and the Master and His EmissaryEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:15:28 AM

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