论文信息 - Assessing the psycho-social impact of computers, brain research, and behaviorism: The von Neumann effect

Assessing the psycho-social impact of computers, brain research, and behaviorism: The von Neumann effect

The writings of the developers of the high-speed digital computer during the 1940s suggest that technical knowledge of computers and the human brain produces dissonances with current acculturation, triggering a conversion process leading to the conclusion that the brain is a computer. If so, this “von Neumann effect” is likely to have far-reaching consequences for high-technology societies by fostering behavioristic worldviews premised upon determinism rather than free will. A survey of 1585 university students verified that the von Neumann effect is surfacing in the general population and is associated with determinism. Cultural factors related to the effect were examined.

Donal E. Muir

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