A classic case of reductionism is the non-ironic use of "neuro/biologically plausible" when discussing models that capture/are for phenomena that occur at higher levels. This is dangerous because "neuro/bio plausible" has a meaning, but at higher levels it's lost/incoherent.
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I'm halfway through rereading Greg Egan's Permutation City, SciFi/PhiFi where he goes completely over the top with models of various fidelity of minds, cities, biospheres and universes. Implausible but amusing food for thought.
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