4 ms·
Maybe, but that's not the point. The article is bizarrely arguing that the brain is not computable, somehow can never be simulated with any amount of computing
by comex 14y ago
Maybe, but that's not the point. The article is bizarrely arguing that the brain is not computable, somehow can never be simulated with any amount of computing power, despite existing in a universe mostly described by simple mathematical laws. Ridiculous.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoYa I got that, but what would be the point of simulating if it didn't lead to understanding? The existing universe is only mostly described by simple mathematical laws. There are still lots of gaps in our understanding, just getting all the matter position and states probably wouldn't be good enough since we don't know the exact program yet to carry the simulation forward. However, that is a technical rather than theoretical limitation.
- comex 14y agoWhy simulate? For immortality and what VMs call snapshots and cloning, of course. ;p