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Re:Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept by ChrisGreenHeur on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:10PM (#48867903)
Best way to show this is to implement information in multiple physical substrates. Make a book out of paper and make it out of clay. Same information. The physical substrate doesn’t matter.
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Re:Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept by lmpdev on Sunday July 12, 2026 @02:57AM (#48878983)
A parallel concept to this is from functionalism/theory of mind in Philosophy is that of Multiple Realisability
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