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Saying that we will never be able to simulate a piece of hardware/wetware is a pretty strong statement. (Unless you think there is some kind of magic inside it.
by johansch 12y ago
Saying that we will never be able to simulate a piece of hardware/wetware is a pretty strong statement. (Unless you think there is some kind of magic inside it.)
- jakobegger 12y agothe obstacle is that systems composed of many simple elements quickly become so complicated that we can't simulate them anymore, even if we would completely understand the individual elements.
- sumitviii 12y agoBut we have working examples of that machine. The problem is in completely understanding it. If we completely understand it, then it shouldn't be hard to simulate.
- jakobegger 12y agoi'd argue against that. Somewhere else in this thread someone brought up weather predictions; even though we completely understand the physics of weather, we can't simulate worldwide climate precisely for various reasons (not enough information, not enough computational resources, chaotic behavior). I think it's the same thing with our brain.
- sumitviii 12y agoI may be wrong, but weather cannot be simulated because real version is running over the complete globe. Brain, while hard to simulate with present technology, still is a 3 pound thing. Computational resources obstacle will be overcome.