Why are brains so much better at learning/improvising than computers?

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Why are brains so much better at learning/improvising than computers?

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Instead of thinking of the brain as a single computer, remember that it is made up of almost 200 billion cells, which are themselves fairly competent; individual cells can hunt, flee predators, find mates, & even learn. Single celled animals are some of the most successful organisms on Earth. So imagine the brain is actually a composite of almost 200 BILLION individual computers, a single neuron can have over 15,000 connections with other cells. Some people estimate there may be over 600 trillion connections in the human brain.

We’ve really only just begun to learn about the brain, our understanding of it is exceptionally limited, and grossly over exaggerated.