Are the physical processes even remotely similar?
Some people may reject my assertion that physical, emergent properties can be considered at such a general level, or they may accept it, but say that even the matter of degree involved is hugely important because the physical processes in human brains are almost exactly the same, allowing a very narrow classification of physical process to be considered, while any physical processes that appropriately programmed computers and brains have in common, even if these are admitted, are much more different from each other, requiring a very wide classification of physical process to be considered. Against this, I would first say that it is basically an appeal to incredulity. Another point I would make is that we cannot even be sure that the physical processes in different people’s brains are even remotely similar. In fact, we cannot even be sure that the physical processes in two brain cells or even two carbon atoms are remotely similar. How can this be the case? The processes may seem very si
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