Comment on Rock Auras - Not just for Hippies anymore

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  well they can do the sums, but that may be a far cry from thinknig

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    by that logic our brain is just passing neurotransmitters along.

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    • AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No, a computer is just boolean logic. I’m not being reductive, that’s literally all you need.

      When people say that thinking is just complicated enough computation, that’s an assumption. A particularly convenient assumption, given all the computers we have lying about.

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        if we ever simulated the complex interplay of chemicals and electricity in our brains using a computer’s boolean logic, wouldn’t that be thinking?

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• Comment105@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I like those rocks.

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