eli5 why brain memory is imperfect but computer memory is near perfect
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Brain memory works with neurons. Basically a huge spiderweb of “weighted” connections. The more you recite/strengthen something, the more weight you give to a certain pathway, making that whole chain of connections stronger. That’s also why association and understanding with memory is so powerful. You can find connections to those chains via related things. It’s more a puddle of gradients.
Computer memory uses binary bits with only the most extreme weights of 1 and 0. Either on or off. So you can store 10010110 as a finite determined block of 8 on and off states. These are very easy to manipulate, move, and maintain since the margin of error for telling if a light bulb is on or off is almost nonexistent.
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