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But beach sand DOES compute, once treated and arranged in a certain way. The ability to compute is present in all matter. The ability for consciousness is pres
by vokep 8y ago
But beach sand DOES compute, once treated and arranged in a certain way.
The ability to compute is present in all matter. The ability for consciousness is present in all matter in the same way.
Perhaps these abilities are one and the same.
- lisper 8y agoI can cut down a tree, mill it into lumber, and build a house out of it. It does not follow from this that a tree is a house. Once a tree is "treated and arranged" in the particular way that turns it into a house it is no longer a tree. Likewise, once beach sand is "treated and arranged" in the particular way required to make it compute, it isn't beach sand any more. > The ability to compute is present in all matter. No, it isn't. If you think it is, tell me how to build a computer out of a single hydrogen atom.