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    1. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted Dan Kessler

      It's a computer. Just not one from metal and plastic.https://twitter.com/dankessler/status/826594027625590784 …

      Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ added,

      Dan Kessler @dankessler
      "The brain is not a computer, but what it does well is learn, & learn adaptively" | @ProfZdenka on "complex system" approach #NetworkOfMind
      4 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    2. Dan Kessler‏ @dankessler 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest

      Yeah I agree with you. I think her argument was in the spirit that using principles of silicon computers can be misleading

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    3. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @dankessler

      ah fair enough

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    4. Dan Kessler‏ @dankessler 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest

      to further contextualize, the full quote started "a bird is not an airplane, brain is not a computer..." but twitter char limits...

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    5. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @dankessler

      well yes and no. So a brain is a computer. It's a computer, because a computer is a formalised maths object. An airplane isn't.

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    6. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @dankessler

      Alan Turing defined a Turing machine based on the simple computations carried out by computers (women) and then we build digital

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    7. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @dankessler

      computers based on the mathematical theories of Turing and many others.

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    8. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @dankessler

      the brain computes ergo it is a computer. It's not a von neuman machine or a digital computer, but it's a computer nonetheless.

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    9. Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest @dankessler

      I assume you know this but I'm (re)stating to show why that similie is not to my taste.

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    10. Dan Kessler‏ @dankessler 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @o_guest

      Yeah simile struck me as likely true in only a generously narrow sense, and I'm glad tweeting it has started a conversation :)

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      Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ‏ @o_guest 31 Jan 2017
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      Replying to @dankessler

      well if you play with semantics you can change the meaning of anyth obv and twitter allows little context to be communicated.

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