that's the kind of musing that leads you off into the weeds. Sure, anything is possible, but science is useful for observing, cataloging, and utilizing knowledg

that's the kind of musing that leads you off into the weeds. Sure, anything is possible, but science is useful for observing, cataloging, and utilizing knowledge that is provable or at least "approximately" provable to the point it's useful. Spiritual talk of what the mind "is" really doesn't have much of a place when talking about AGI, I don't think. We need repetitive outputs for given inputs into a system. I can make up "what might be" all day long, but it's not really useful, unless I can prove it or use it.