Consider this tidbit. Your mind uses electro-chemical means to store memories. Synapses, dendrites, axions and other scientific labels describe parts of the brain.
But imagine if your brain stored information like a computer or other electro-mechanical device. A computer hard drive can be erased or severely damaged if exposed to a strong magnetic field. Imagine if your brain were as sensitive? What a mess the human race would be! Walk past a substation or near an MRI machine and poof! Your memory is scrambled or gone. Life would be short-lived at best if extreme safety measures weren't employed.
Aren't you glad you don't have a magnetic, digitized, randomly accessed memory controlled by ones and zeroes?
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