[necovek]

"Able to be replicable" is a far cry from being practically replicable.

We are unable to get two biologically identical (or at least extremely close) brains of identical twins to develop in the same way, let alone two distinct brains, or a simulated version of a brain.

The claim is potentially equivalent to a claim that since universe is theoretically computable, we'll eventually be able to simulate it.

[pwatsonwailes]

Not at all. I'm not saying we actually will simulate it, just that it's got the property of theoretical simulatability. Which means there's not anything magical going on under the hood. Which means consciousness isn't magic.

[necovek]

"What can be processed" to me implied practical utility. If you did not mean that, thanks for the clarification.

Still, to me the fact that it could be theoretically achieved with computers is not very useful if it can't be achieved practically, and that certainly makes "biological" computation different from synthetic computation.