>> ... if I can't figure out how to build a smarter brain than mine then it can't figure it out either You mean, just like complex processors are impossible, b

>> ... if I can't figure out how to build a smarter brain than mine then it can't figure it out either You mean, just like complex processors are impossible, because you personally couldn't design one, since there are just too many work years in doing that? >>there's no reason to think that brains are capable of building ever-smarter brains. What happens when you let groups of people build sub-systems? And then the groups iterate over those sub-systems? Not to mention hardware speedups? I know enough to be a bit in awe of quantum simulations, so I em a bit shocked to not see a better argument outside your own area of expertise. :-)