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by Stupulous 2202 days ago
The argument I'm responding to is one that says people are wrong about brains being computers because people always believe they can make brains out of technology of the day. My point is that all of these things are the same theory, and it is one that has not been disproven.

If a brain cannot be produced in a turing machine, it must perform some non-computable activity. That would mean physics cannot be accurately simulated in a computer, which I believe would be earth-shaking in that world. That brains can be reproduced in a simulation is a default assumption, that something composed of molecules can produce outcomes that cannot be computed is an extraordinary claim, for which, I believe, there is no evidence.