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Summary of On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee | Free Audiobook

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How to Catch a Ball Using Memory

Our brains are just a growing data base of memories and knowledge that we continuously build upon. A computer requires millions of steps to solve numerous mathematical equations to do something as simple as catching a ball. Humans, on the other hand, catch a ball simply by using memory. The memory of how to catch a ball was not programmed into your brain. It was learned over years of repetitive practice. The memory is stored, not calculated, in your nurons. Our neo cortex, unlike a computer, uses stored memories to solve problems and produce behavior.

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