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.
This is why I am not 100% interested in convincing people because many people disagree that the brain computes. I believe it computes cos
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for me that is literally what the definition of computes is.
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I think disagreement centers around this issue: some people do not agree with me that the brain computes. And I'm OK with that. But to argue
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that computing and brain-ing (whatever function the brain carries) out are not of the same type, is something I am genuinely not interested
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in pursuing. I think it's a matter of how one sees the world. One either thinks of computation as something the brain does not they don't.
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