God, it still amazes me how much pretentious brainrot got loosed by that bullshit Aeon article denying that the brain is a computer that processes information (cuz of a pile of the author's confusions). This remains one of the most fun clapbacks: https://recursed.blogspot.com/2016/05/yes-your-brain-certainly-is-computer.html?m=1 …
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So are these assertions reasonable? : 1. The brain is (at minimum) a computer. 2. The brain is a specific type of computer distinguished from other computers by its structure 3. The brain contains or is compatible with consciousness, and is the only structure we know this about
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4. Iff the brain is strictly a computer, any computer with the structure of the brain should be conscious in the same sense as a brain 5. Iff the brain is more than (but contains the properties of) a computer, then other physical requirements are necessary for consciousness
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