Some good points here, but anyone calling for a "metaphor-free theory" doesn't understand what a theory is https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer …
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Replying to @Plinz
overconfidence in accuracy of internal representations, dynamic interaction with world rather than internal planning
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I don't know enough about current research on memory, but the metaphor of short/long-term -> RAM/hard drive is certainly limited
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Nobody in the mind-as-machine camp is literally suggesting that the brain is a PC with CPU and hard drive.
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seems to be in the same class of metaphors as "chemical imbalance" in mental illness http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/05/chemical-imbalance/ …
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ok *some* mental illness can be seen as chemical imbalance. all cognition is comp. both are not explanatory, just ontology
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