[slopinthebag]

> There exists some isomorphism between the velocities of the molecules in a glass of water, and the states of a Turing machine simulating a human mind. So is the glass of water conscious?

Could you explain this in more detail? Not being argumentative, I want to understand this argument because I've made similar ones, although less crazy sounding.

[currymj]

the ideas have been worked out by people more sophisticated than me, good encyclopedia article on the topic:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computation-physicalsyste...