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Exploring the brain with music and science with Dr. Simón(e) Sun

Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

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Is the Brain a Computer?

People who come back from being brain dead imply that there was always some, i don't know, static electricity that was available in order to maintain state. If we think of the brain as a computer, then, you know, when the computer is turned off, all the stuff is still there, but the soft ware isn't running your not able to be done. So it's just basically a box sitting on your desk. But it y will fade away. We just don't really know when, right? A, ata, it exists on a material medium, like the ion channels are, what actually contributes to that, a change in activity. And that kind of gets back at

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