"The human mind is a parallel processor."

"The digital computer is a universal machine, capable of performing any computable task."

"The human brain has a finite number of states, and so it can be simulated by a finite state machine."

"The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer."

"It is possible for a machine to have a memory in the sense that a human being has a memory."