oh dear. I don't think they're equivalent, only that it was a useful metaphor once upon a time. nothing to get upset about.
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Replying to @aeryn_thrace @Abebab
What was a metaphor? That the brain performs computations? It does.
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Replying to @o_guest @aeryn_thrace
Well, we disagree but it's not one we can solve or discuss over Twitter.
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i mean, what's a computer? searle once put a pen on a desk saying: "it's a computer with a simple program: stay there."
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omg what a wank
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lots of arguments against comp theory take some property of a computer and show that the brain does not have it, so one needs to clarify.
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When you say a computer though you mean a PC? When I say computer I mean formalised definition of Turing Machine which is based on person.
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Replying to @o_guest @maria_ndrnh and
A Turing Machine was literally created as a computational/mathematical definition of what the women who worked at Bletchley park did.
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ok, you lost me. women who worked at bletchey park are the origin of the definition of computer
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yes
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