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by throwaway_pdp09 2159 days ago
> The title and quote are obviously hyperbolic

Are you agreeing, disagreeing or making another point?

> On the other hand, a single pound of neurons is more powerful than a warehouse of nano-scale-minituarized silicon

Define 'powerful'

> Consciousness is certainly a top candidate no ?

We literally have no access to

99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the rest of the universe[1], so we can't say. Also we are only aware of what we're aware of, they might be greater mysteries under our noses which we've nor realised, or perhaps are literally unable to comprehend.

[1] quite possibly hyperbolic

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I put some spaces in your nines to prevent the comment from borking the page layout. Sorry, it's a bug we're working on.