Essayist: Computers have the capacity to represent and to perform logical transformations on pieces of information. Since exactly the same applies to the human mind, the human mind is a type of computer.
The flawed pattern of reasoning in which individual animals sacrifice their lives when the survival of their offspring or close relatives is threatened and human beings are similarly often willing to sacrifice their own well-being for the good of their community closely resembles the flawed pattern of reasoning in the essayist's argument.