Some good points here, but anyone calling for a "metaphor-free theory" doesn't understand what a theory is https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer …
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Replying to @The_Lagrangian
"metaphor free theory" is a good metaphor for a proper causal model, except that would be per definition computational
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Replying to @Plinz @The_Lagrangian
mechanisms wrt the work cited here http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/dynamic-mechanistic-explanations-in.html …
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Replying to @PsychScientists
ah, no. continua are hypercomputational. computers are cheaper than hypercomputers i think
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essentially, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_computation …
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although I do not get why you'd have to introduce a Real continuum here when a finite sampling rate would suffice?
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not because of the model, but because God must buy a hypercomputer otherwise, no?
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yes, but that's besides the point, no? nothing in either article suggests a true continuum is needed
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