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Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by lupusreal on Thursday January 25, 2024 @02:06PM (#39133546)
Sure, replace a living body with a machine, and replace the thermostat around the bimetallic strip with some other kind of mechanism. It makes no difference.
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Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by aydyn on Thursday January 25, 2024 @06:49PM (#39137091)
So a brain is only "intelligent" in certain (but infinite) contexts as opposed to intelligence as an inherent property of a brain?

If so, your definition of "intelligence" is incomplete. What are those contexts? Can you really generalize all of those contexts for all possible intelligence systems? That sounds like an epistemological nightmare.

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Re:Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simp... by lupusreal on Friday January 26, 2024 @05:28AM (#39141008)
Intelligence is not an inherent property of a brain, brains are only intelligent when placed in particular configurations with supporting hardware. Are you going to fart at me too?
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