2006-06-22 01:01:31 · 18 answers · asked by sprite 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The short answer is both. But such a short answer is misleading.
The brain is made up of a huge number of cells called neurons that are linked together by junctions called synapses. When a neuron is excited, for instance by perceptual input such a a photon reaching a cell in the retina, electrical activity in the neuron changes chemicals present in the synapse until the synapse "fires" and activity is generated in the neuron on the other side of the synapse. So there is a mixture here between the analogue build up of the chemical and the on/off digital firing of the synapse.
As we learn or think we create new connections between neurons. So whilst the firing process is digital the decisions made within our brain are made by comparing levels of activity by large numbers of neurons in the brain rather that a straight- forward on/off decision.
I hope you will see from this answer that to describe the brain as analogue or digital in simple terms is to misrepresent its complexity. As it underlies (how is a mystery!) mental processes the brain is fascinating, and I hope you will seek to learn more about its comlexities.
2006-06-22 06:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by Philosophical Fred 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In simple terms if referring to hearing aids - analogue isn't good quality it tends to be fuzzy and your brain cannot pinpoint the sounds exactly with digital hearing aids the sound is clearer and the brain is able to focus more accurately on the sound.
So i believe the brain to can be analogue or digital because of our cognitive skills; learning and understanding and a senses (all 5)vvary from person to person.
for example I'm profoundly deaf and do not pick up clear sound waves I'm also dyslexic so my brain cannot focus exactly on words and lI'mits coordination skills. There fore i would say im analogue, i have a degree but it wasn't easy to get there are those geniuses who will learn a whole subject in several lessons their brains are able to focus clearly on a subject
so i have an analogue brain, adequate. average, if a bit fuzzy
2006-06-22 01:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Analogue, digital wasn't invented when the brain was designed.
2006-06-22 01:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by xenobyte72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since analog is a direct representation of something, and the brain tends to impress and interpret with some gaps, I'd say it's more digital (and not with great clarity). If all your dreams seem to be exact copies of your previous day, you may have a more analog brain. The fact we can pull out and interpret bits of memory seems to confirm a tendency to the digital. The brain seems to be made up of more circuitry than raw storage, akin to a "flash drive" vs. a "cassette tape".
2006-06-22 01:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by shugenja6 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fool !
What a stupid question !
Everyone knows the BRAIN is biological ! ,Yes, just like your washing powder !
If you re-cap on episode 4 of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,the brain is the divine equinox , the fluttering grey soup encased in a "Beef Wellington" type crust !
The Nodes and Synapses are conduits similar to spiders webs which conduct small chemical signals which can be intercepted by modern science as Electrical !
This however does not prove nor disprove the stupid question !
The brain is poetic !
2006-06-22 13:56:33 · answer #5 · answered by Gary C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is neither. One scientist said that if a computer was to be made to do the brain's work, it would have to be bigger than New York City, because of the size of a processer it would need!!! It's beyond digital. It's supernatural. We'll understand it only in Heaven!!! Make point of reaching there, then we will discuss this in more details!!!
2006-06-22 01:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by James Phillipe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is as you know is a complex network. Somewhere it is analogue and somewhere it is digital. It got all the in between devices like converters, boosters, routers, simple switches and also got in built mechanism to create Noice, attenuation and Checksum errors.
It can function in higher bandwidth and lower bandwidth also. But, how much bandwidh you get depends upon the contract you have signed coupled with your earlier performance with cosmic law ha ha ha........good question.
2006-06-22 01:11:46 · answer #7 · answered by r_govardhanam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither analogue nor digital.It is human.Analogue and digital are man made.human brain is God made
2006-06-22 01:05:56 · answer #8 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Amorphous would come closer to describing the brain's functional style. There are serious problems in trying to use the brain to try and understand the brain just as there would be serious problems in trying to use a computer to understand computers. Brains are unique in that they have morphological, chemical, and electrical components and interactions.
The capacity of the human brain to process logically, create artistically, and transcend logic creatively is so unique that attempts to develop artificial intelligence for tasks other than iterative tasks are mired hopelessly in trivial pursuits.
2006-06-22 01:12:57 · answer #9 · answered by TheProfessor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither it is Analogue or Digital it is simply chemical.Scan your head you will come to know.
2006-06-22 01:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by Kgs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋