# Electronic Computers Escape the Limits of Organic Brains by Martin Rees > “There are chemical and metabolic limits to the size and processing power of flesh-and-blood brains, but no such limits constrain electronic computers.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Lord Martin Rees: Is there life out there?, The Naked Scientists, 2024* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Lord Martin Rees: Is there life out there?](https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/why-first-contact-could-be-artificial-life) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Electronic Intelligence|Electronic Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Machine Intelligence|Machine Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “There are chemical and metabolic limits to the size and processing power of flesh-and-blood brains, but no such limits constrain electronic computers.” — Martin Rees, Lord Martin Rees: Is there life out there?, The Naked Scientists, 2024 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-electronic-computers-escape-limits-organic ```