ahab as luddite

[Terrance]

Otto wrote:
> 
> Then I would like a math chip and some additional megabytes of ram in my
> brain.
> 
> Otto

Additional? This is silly really, think of how the metaphor for the
brain and the body has changed over the years, but the human brain is
nothing like a computer or a clock. Surely Plato was closer when he said
the brain is a womb. the brain works more like the stomach or the skin
or an earthworm than a computer.