Humans think — AI, not so much. Science explains why our brains aren’t just fancy computers

The world, and countless generations of interactions with it, coaxed our brains to evolve in the unique way that humans perceive reality. And yet, thanks to the past century’s developments in cognitive science and now artificial intelligence, we have entrenched a view of the brain that doesn’t spend much time on this dynamic. Instead, most of us tend to see our brains as a “network” made of undifferentiated brain cells. These neurons…