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> if our brains are so sophisticated that they make natural intelligence possible, then we should be so intelligent that we would have the means to understand t

> if our brains are so sophisticated that they make natural intelligence possible, then we should be so intelligent that we would have the means to understand them It may well be that building a brain is easier than understanding it.

smitty1e 4y ago
If one has not understood the brain, then how would one be certain that such has been built?
- branko_d 4y ago
  The same way we do it with humans - by observing the end result.
  - smitty1e 4y ago
    Standing by for the repeatable experiment that goes from a periodic table of elements to self-replicating, carbon-based life.
_dain_ 4y ago
You can build a brain right now, just find someone pretty of the opposite sex and wait nine months.