• Question: Are computers the logical opposite to the human brain?

    Asked by danm36 to Hywel, Joseph, Poonam on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Dr Hywel Jones

      Dr Hywel Jones answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      I don’t think they are opposite, they are just very different. The brain is very very very complicated compared to even the best computer and we don’t really know much about how it works. Even some simple things like seeing and catching a ball take lots of computer power and sophisticated hardware. Even the best computers can still be beaten at chess (although they can sometimes beat the best players).
      I’m not an expert on this but I suggest you could ask this Q in the Brain Zone.

    • Photo: Joseph Cook

      Joseph Cook answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      I don’t think they are opposites, although the human brain is capable of emotions, which is very difficult to recreate in computers. The brain is capable of understanding and implementing logic, which makes it quite similar to a computer – but computers aren’t likely to make mistakes.

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