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In what ways is the human brain like a computer? In what ways is it different?

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The brain uses energy
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The brain uses chemicals to transmit information; the computer uses electricity. Even though electrical signals travel at high speeds in the nervous system, they travel even faster through the wires in a computer. Both transmit information. A computer uses switches that are either on or off ("binary").

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