We are no different than computers

[Anomalocaris]

@Chuck

huh? I don't understand what you mean

I think a deep intuitive perception that human mental process involves free will and spontaneous inspiration underlies the assertion that human thinking is qualitatively different from computer operation.  This is the reason many people reflexively accept the contention that a gulf, too wide to bridge by merely imagination, exist between computer processes and brain processes.

But there actually seems to be not a whole lot of direct evidence of exactly how humans form thoughts.  So it is difficult to assert with confidence that human thinking does indeed involve processes which are in principle qualitatively different from broader definition of computer processes.    There is in fact a significant amount of avidence that subjective perception of the occurance of inspiration or free will occurs much later than brain activities which correlate to decision making.  This implies such subjective perception as free will and inspiration are superficial illusions.

So the reliability of the intuitive perception of how human and computer thinking process differ in principle is weakened by this evidence.