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Re:'Biocomputer' combines lab-grown brain tissue with electr... by kulahan on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @04:28PM (#38634370)
"flipping a bit" isn't a thing in memory. Our brains are not computers, and work nothing like them. That's the problem with using a computer as an analogy; it's inaccurate and makes you think inaccurate things. This always just aligns with our understanding of various technologies. See: when we were understanding fluid dynamics and talked about the body's "humors".

When you're throwing a ball in a computer simulation, it's performing millions of mathematical calculations to perfectly describe the result of your action. When you're throwing a ball in real life, your brain is basically going "Ok, so last time I did this it felt like X so I'm going to recreate X". Completely different.

We know very little about consciousness and this is kinda scary to me.

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