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- I'm trying to understand how a brain v.s. a computer computes and why computers are immensely better than humans at certain tasks.
Hi,
I’m an undergraduate student interested in cognitive processes. I’m about to ask a very interdisciplinary question, and so hopefully I can find a physicists that can take on the challenge.
What is the fundamental reason behind why modern electronic computers (transistor computers) are faster than humans at doing basic arithmetic?
While we are still trying to figure out how to compare brains to computers, I think we can all agree that the brain has many computational features to it. The brain transfers ions between neurons and a computer transfers electrons through transistors. So then what makes computers more efficient at processing information? Does it have something to do with the conductivity of materials?
I’m an undergraduate student interested in cognitive processes. I’m about to ask a very interdisciplinary question, and so hopefully I can find a physicists that can take on the challenge.
What is the fundamental reason behind why modern electronic computers (transistor computers) are faster than humans at doing basic arithmetic?
While we are still trying to figure out how to compare brains to computers, I think we can all agree that the brain has many computational features to it. The brain transfers ions between neurons and a computer transfers electrons through transistors. So then what makes computers more efficient at processing information? Does it have something to do with the conductivity of materials?