# A Brain Is a Machine That Can Learn by Douglas Hofstadter > "The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn." > **— Douglas Hofstadter**, *Le Ton beau de Marot (1997), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Le Ton beau de Marot (1997), excerpt candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]] - [[wiki/Engram|Engram]] - [[wiki/Memory Substrate|Memory Substrate]] - [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] - [[wiki/Hippocampal Replay|Hippocampal Replay]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn." — Douglas Hofstadter, Le Ton beau de Marot (1997), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-douglas-hofstadter-brain-machine-learn ```