> But the one with all the pre-computations correct, and the switch off, is not particularly different from just reading the list of states in a book. The stat

> But the one with all the pre-computations correct, and the switch off, is not particularly different from just reading the list of states in a book. The states were (probably) produced by computing a conscious mind and recording the result. Follow the improbability. The behavior has to come from somewhere. That somewhere is probably conscious. Similarly, authors are conscious, so they know how conscious characters behave.