It seems like the "thought experiment" has no palpable meaning. You are basically repeating the OP's argument "I don't think consciousness can arise mechanicall

It seems like the "thought experiment" has no palpable meaning. You are basically repeating the OP's argument "I don't think consciousness can arise mechanically" except more slowly. There's no more argument there. Well, except that an entire universe of paper and pencil calculations probably could not simulate a neuron in the age of the universe. But that's not even interesting.