Re:Your Brain on Metaphors
by coldtea on Friday September 05, 2014 @05:48PM
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Nope, just consciousness from non-conscious materials.
There are no non-moving materials. Engines move (e.g pistons), and there's molecular and electron flow. Now, if you had said movement from zero Kelvin, actually non moving materials, that would really be magic. Or, light without photons (which ARE luminous).
The only real valid analogy IMO is "computations from non-computing materials". But the materials are indeed computing -- computing just means having a state, and being able to keep it or change it under certain conditions.
There are no non-moving materials. Engines move (e.g pistons), and there's molecular and electron flow. Now, if you had said movement from zero Kelvin, actually non moving materials, that would really be magic. Or, light without photons (which ARE luminous).
The only real valid analogy IMO is "computations from non-computing materials". But the materials are indeed computing -- computing just means having a state, and being able to keep it or change it under certain conditions.