[Helianthus16]

On the other hand, it's a little flaky that they set a parameter to try to get human-like response times. Statistical fitting.

We built it to hit this number, we're surprised when it does!

Cool calculation process, though.

[BoppreH]

I'm under the impression they fitted only the most basic operations, and the surprise was that the bigger picture followed too, as if the program and the human brain were following the same steps.

[Helianthus16]

It's that "as if" that is a little bit hand-wavy. Fitting/overfitting is insidious in that it corrupts both the procedure and the data.

I'm not saying that's exactly what happened here, but I am saying that it's a _hunch_ that human brains are following the same steps. It might be a good hunch, but it's still _not_ a scientific statement with the weight of statistical backing.