This just in: Humans don't think like computers, because computers don't think. Thinking is meandering continuously through shades, tones, and hues of knowledge -- a "dynamic continuum" -- while computers process information linearly with distinct yes and no, or on and off, commands.
The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its usefulness, concludes a new Cornell University study. Instead, the mind should be thought of more as working the way biological organisms do: as a dynamic continuum, cascading through shades of grey.
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