The Human Brain Vs. The Computer

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Term Paper Title	The Human Brain Vs. The Computer
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The Human Brain vs. the Computer

The Human Brain vs. the Computer

     Over the millennia, Man has come up with countless inventions, each more
ingenious than the last.  However, only now, as the computer arises that
mankind's sentience itself is threatened.  Ridiculous, some may cry, but I say
look about you!  The computer has already begun to hold sway over so many of the
vital functions that man has prided himself upon before.  Our lives are now
dependent upon the computer and what it tells you.  Even now, I type this essay
upon a computer, fully trusting that it will produce a result far superior to
what I can manage with my own to hands and little else.

     It has been commonly said that the computer can never replace the human
brain, for it is humans that created them.  Is this a good reason why the
computer must be inferior to humans?  Is it always true that the object cannot
surpass its creator?  How can this be true?  Even if we just focus on a single
creation of man, say the subject of this essay, the computer, there are many
ways in which the computer has the edge over man.  Let us start with basic
calculation.  The computer has the capability to evaluate problems that man can
hardly even imagine, let alone approach.  Even if a man can calculate the same
problems as a computer, the computer can do it far faster than he can possibly
achieve.  Let us go one step further.  Say this man can calculate as fast as a
computer, can he, as the computer can, achieve a 100% rate of accuracy in his
calculation?  Why do we now go over the human data entry into a computer when a
mistake is noticed instead of checking the computer?  It is because computers
now possess the ability to hold no error in its operation, where mankind has not
advanced in this area in any noticeable margin.  Why do you think the words
'human error' and 'to err is human' have become so popular in recent years?  It
is because the failings of the human race are becoming more and more exposed as
the computer advances and becomes more and more omnipotent.

     Perhaps the computer is not truly a competitor with the human brain but
rather its ideal.  After all, the computer is far superior to the human brain in
those aspects where the brain is weakest.  It is perhaps the attempt of the
human brain to attain perfection after realising its own weaknesses.  If you
think about it carefully, do those who use the computer not use it supplement
their own creative input?  Maybe it is the subconscious atte...

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