brain Brain vs Quantum Computer!

[Clanscorpia]

4 hours ago, Praesi said:

So we use 100% like the People used 100% 500 Years ago? Cmon. There is a countless amount of unused Power in our Heads yet. Brain ftw.

Yes, we do you 100%

[KemoKa]

Comparing a computer based on binary or quantum logic to the operations of the human brain is pointless because the two are absolutely nothing alike. Computers are digital. They take a mathematical input, process it and output a result. That's it, there is nothing else to it. It's just cold math.

The human brain, on the other hand, is entirely analogue. It operates based on electrochemical signals, not on logic gates and transistors. It is capable of logic, but is also equally capable of throwing it out of the window. It's capable of interpreting situations and circumstances in ways that computers could never deduct through flipping some switches. Our brains emulate mathematical operations but they are not inherently designed to perform them. We can do complex single-threaded math problems quite well, but we cannot parallelize like computers can, because computers basically boil down to banks and banks and banks of billions of logic gates. Math is all they do. Math is all they can ever do. But math is not all that the human brain can do.

And we use pretty close to 100% of our brain capacity all the time. Because lots of it is background processes that we don't have to concentrate on. It's basically self-driven. Can you imagine having to tell your heart to pump faster whenever you go out for a run? Nah, it does that on its own. if we only used 10% of our brains then the rest of it would be completely unnecessary.

People only using 10% of their brain capacity makes no sense because it implies that there is a solid limit to the brain's ability. There isn't. You can always become better than you are at doing something, and the brain is no exception.

So the poll is kinda stupid.

[Lewiscpullan]

I think we CAN use 100% of our brain but we don't use 100% of it at once because many tasks don't require the whole brain. For example if I'm completing a hard equation I don't need the part of my brain that is responsible for speaking. Scientist have seen different areas of the brain release more activity than others in math sums whereas they see more activity else where when they have to visualise something.

[Coaxialgamer]

this poll is stupid if you ask me . Asking the question of brain vs a quantum computer is like asking which is more powerful between a smartphone and PC .  It depends. While we might one day create computers that surpass the brain in every aspect, the fact a computer is "quantum" doesn't make it inherently faster than our brain -or another classical computer for that matter .

Not to mention we do use 100% of our brains .

[minibois]

"if humans used 100% of there brain"

I choose Quantum computers.

[straight_stewie]

It's a little off topic. But I think this relates to this topic somewhat and find it highly interesting.
 

 

[Clanscorpia]

2 hours ago, straight_stewie said:

It's a little off topic. But I think this relates to this topic somewhat and find it highly interesting.
 

 

Didn't watch the video but is he talking about Telepathy?

[straight_stewie]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

Didn't watch the video but is he talking about Telepathy?

He hooked three monkeys up to a computer by their brains, and had them each control one axis in a game that requires you to put a ball in a hole in three dimensions. 

[Clanscorpia]

4 minutes ago, straight_stewie said:

He hooked three monkeys up to a computer by their brains, and had them each control one axis in a game that requires you to put a ball in a hole in three dimensions. 

Did it work?

[straight_stewie]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

Did it work?

Watch the video and find out.

[INSERTNAMEHERE]

A quantum computer is not the next evolution in computing... Look at it more like a new way of completing very specific tasks.

Its known that a regular pc is much more potent in precise mathematical operations than a quantum computer will ever be (because of the nature of quantum computers and quantum particles). On the other hand a quantum computer can encrypt truely "random" (I cant really explain in english but I hope some understand). Meaning quantum computers are more like the GPU to a CPU, you need both to get the best results. 

 

For the "who is smarter" topic: I'd easily say the brain because aside from our computational abilities (which are far inferior). The brain is capable of recieving tons of information every second and you don't even really think about it. All your senses, your movement, everything is controlled by your brain in a precision which is downright mind boggling. If computers would have this kind of computational power (I don't mean a quantity but an ability) to do all these tasks once like humans do, it would be a tremendous achievement.