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Is the brain a biological computer?

k00b

> We have a brain. 

Yes.

> The brain is a biological computer

Not necessarily in the same way we know computers. We still don't really fully understand how the brains works.

I will leave this quote here:

> All computers are information-processing systems, but not all information-processing systems are computers, and the human mind is an information-processing system that is not a computer.

[This article](http://www.thecritique.com/articles/is-the-human-brain-a-computer-alan-turing-on-mind-computers/) explains the point further, focusing on the views from Alan Turing, the father of theoretical computer science.