[samhain]

The other interpretation of this thought experiment (and maybe what you alluded to) is the idea that humans, and all living things with a nervous system, are really just "meat computers." Processing inputs and outputs using the cascading electrical signals, swapping circuits for neurons. The technical name for this philosophy of thought is called computationalism, or the computational theory of mind (CTM). The term was used first around the 1940s as digital electronics were starting to gain traction (precursor to the AND gate, the Coincidence circuit, being documented ~1920s). I think that this type of philosophy appeals to software and hardware minded people because of the lens through which they choose to view the way the world works.

[gtsop]

Thanks for this resource, I've been thinking that software engineers tend to falsely look at people as "meat computers" but wasn't aware of that philosophical branch. I can now research this school of thought easier.