How Digital Technology Shapes Us. Episode 22, Effects of Technological Metaphors on Science.
The metaphors we use when talking about the brain can limit our ability to think "outside the box" and perceive the real workings of the brain in all its complexity. Consider the many ways in which the computer metaphor, although popular, is a poor match for the human brain, and what scien...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Streaming video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
The Great Courses,
2020.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video Cover Image |
| Summary: | The metaphors we use when talking about the brain can limit our ability to think "outside the box" and perceive the real workings of the brain in all its complexity. Consider the many ways in which the computer metaphor, although popular, is a poor match for the human brain, and what scientists might miss by continuing to use it. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (28 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:28:00 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |