| Sumario: | The belief that the human mind is nothing more than an information-processing machine is now widely accepted as fact. Moreover, information is ubiquitous as a commodity and is inescapable as a concept. Linguist Steven Pinker, in his book How the Mind Works, argues that the brain is an information-processing instrument that was designed by evolution for higher things. He says it is the brain's ability to process information that enables humans to “see, think, feel, choose, and act.” In addition, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has claimed that life is essentially a river of information, a notion that has in large part also inspired the successful effort to decipher the human genome. The writer explains his skepticism regarding the explanatory power of information as a concept.
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