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Sorry - it is precisely a "a loose arbitrarily defined amalgamation of chemicals and electrical signals" - in the same way that data in a computer is just a bun
by EncomLab 2y ago
Sorry - it is precisely a "a loose arbitrarily defined amalgamation of chemicals and electrical signals" - in the same way that data in a computer is just a bunch of voltages and currents. If I load the notes to a song into RAM, those notes are just millions of voltages held by capacitors, and if I shut off the power those voltages break down into heat and the information is diffused into the surrounding air like ink washed off a page into a bathtub. Similarly, a living brain which also holds those same notes experiences a transfer of information to the surrounding environment when it dies.
There is no "woo" here - and to imply that there is woo is purely religious, not philosophical.
- kessog 2y agoA computer is not loose, nor is it arbitrarily defined. A computer is extremely precisely and specifically defined, and is fully deterministic. A single bit in the wrong place can destroy an entire system. A human mind is non-deterministic and the analogy of mind and machine is deeply flawed.
- EncomLab 2y agoIt is deeply flawed - all analogies are to some extent or another - the point still correlates with observable facts. Both systems require energy to function, removal of energy causes both systems to stop producing observable functions, and there is nothing observable that would indicate either system transfers it's functions into another state where those functions continue.