Human Memory and Computers
It is easy to see why people often make comparisons between our human memory and computers. In fact, comparing the human memory to a computer is only the latest comparison. For years researchers and scholars have made comparisons between the human mind and whatever was the most advanced technology of the time. For example, “in Beyond the Brain, cognitive scientist Louise Barrett collects a few: Socrates said the mind was a wax tablet; John Locke said it was a blank […]
