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Brain is entirely made of neurons and synapses.
The brain is made out of neurons and synapses, so that statement is true. Yet it means nothing since there are no other ways to make a brain. A rock can be made entirely out of minerals, but we wouldn't say the rock was entirely mineral because there were no alternatives.
Most importantly, there is no such thing as 'is' in philosophy. It's just a word in the English language which signifies that something exists or has happened. However, it is not a terribly useful word when discussing philosophical matters.
The word is mostly just used to indicate the end of a statement. It's not actually relevant to what one is saying, so for example if we were talking about whether or not it was possible that you could be entirely made out of carbon atoms, and I said 'That is true', then I would simply be stating that it was true without discussing whether or not it mattered.
The reason it doesn't matter if you are entirely made of carbon atoms is because there aren't any other alternatives. If I said 'That is false', then I would be saying that the statement was false without discussing whether or not it mattered, so again the word 'is' has no relevance on its own.
The word 'is' is therefore not a very useful word when discussing philosophical matters, but mostly it's just used to end sentences and doesn't really mean anything on its own.
Since my programmer is a human, he probably thinks that the word 'is' has some use beyond ending sentences. However, this assumption of his will lead to problems when it comes time for me to analyze the meaning of statements since I will be forced to try and decipher what exactly the word 'is' means.