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time, and in the precise amount required to produce normal biological
function.
Another excitatory neurotransmitter is serotonin. It is colloquially
known as the ‘happiness hormone.’ Defects that occur during the defi-
cient production or release of serotonin lead to disorders such as mi-
graines, depression, and anxiety.
GABA (Gamma Amino Butyric Acid) neurotransmitters have in-
hibitory and sedative roles. For example, after our muscles have con-
tracted, they require GABA to return to their resting state. Problems dur-
ing the release of GABA can cause serious issues, such as muscle weak-
ness and postural defects.
The neurotransmitters, whose new roles within the human body
are being discovered every year, must have existed from the first day
humanity was created. Any deficiency in their functionality typically
leads to vital disorders. Claiming that these chemicals evolved consecu-
tively over a long period of time is erroneous because in order for life to
continue, they must both be present and fully functional.

The Structure of Neurons and Supercomputers

To perform logical processes, computers use electronic units called
transistors. Their human brain equivalents are the neurons. Both in tran-
sistors and in neurons, electrical current must follow the proper chan-
nels to carry out necessary processes. However, compared to a neuron,
a transistor is quite primitive.
Transistors are connected to other transistors in a fixed position.
Each transistor has only 3 different connections. Neurons, on the other
hand, establish thousands of connections with other nearby neurons.
Over time, these connections become either stronger or weaker. As op-
posed to the fixed processor structure of the computers, humans have a
structure that is flexible and allows for establishing new connections at
any time. This flexibility is what makes learning possible.
The following example compares neurons to man-made transistors:
Each neuron resembles a computer with an enormous processing capac-