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Originally Posted by MattyC
So in the "our brain is like a computer" comparison, is our brain the hard drive? If you remove the power source for a computer, the information still remains, no?
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Yeah the comparison is a bit touchy in this regard, but only because we haven't yet developed a means to replace our body with a new one.
You can think of the heart as the power supply (which can be replaced) and the brain as the hard drive AND memory. Difference being that the hard drive and memory won't decay (or at least not nearly as quickly) without power.