[namaria]

> 1. What property of a fertilised egg enables it to compute uncomputable things?

The question is malformed. How can something compute an uncomputable thing?

> 2. If that property is a physical property, what prevents simulation of it?

Is P=NP?

[akoboldfrying]

>How can something compute an uncomputable thing?

If humans cannot compute uncomputable things either, on what grounds do you claim we are capable of something that computers are incapable of?

[namaria]

Haven't you understood that my argument is precisely that intelligence comprises more than performing computations?

I know you think this is a gotcha moment so I will just sing off on this note. You think physical = computable. I think physical > computable. I understand your argument and disagree with it but you can't seem to understand mine.

[akoboldfrying]

It is completely unclear what you think the difference in capability between humans and computers is.

I've tried to follow your reasoning, which AFAICT comes down to a claim that humans possess something connected to incomputability, and computers do not. But now it seems you hold this difference to be irrelevant.

So again: What do you think the difference in capability between humans and computers is?