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Of course, the computer (brain) is running a lot of fancy software (mind) that translates the code effortlessly. Most of us don’t have to concern ourselves with the code itself at all. We scan a photo or rip a song to our hard drive, and when we want to see it or hear it, we double-click on it and there it appears, in all its original glory. This is an illusion made possible by the many layers of translation and amalgamation going on, all of it invisible to us. This is what the neural code is like.
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
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