If no one else has made this point, I will.
Your comparison of a digital computer and a human brain is not a good one.
A brain works nothing like a digital computer; our brains are not organized like digital computers.
The parallels people draw between minds and computers are facile but inaccurate. Computers have nowhere near the number of connections or states that a brain does.
So, no, your computer is not conscious.
Your comparison of a digital computer and a human brain is not a good one.
A brain works nothing like a digital computer; our brains are not organized like digital computers.
The parallels people draw between minds and computers are facile but inaccurate. Computers have nowhere near the number of connections or states that a brain does.
So, no, your computer is not conscious.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
