Is the Brain a Computer?

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The mind is a computer. An individual person is a computer.

No, the mind is a program. A computer is a physical object; the mind is not.

In a Deutschian understanding, ‘person’ and ‘mind’ are synonymous. So a person isn’t a computer, either. A person is also a program.

#560 · · Dennis HackethalOP revised 9 months ago · context · 2nd of 2 versions · Criticism

@nick-willmott, you objected to "a brain is a computer." Would you also object to "a mind (a person) is a program?" Why or why not?

#569 · · Tom Nassis, 9 months ago

Think we're going to get bogged down in unclear relationships to tackle this sorry...
If anything that processes information is a computer, do all computers have programs?

#573 · · Nick Willmott, 9 months ago
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