Yours & My Computer Brain Mind
The computers upon which I am typing this and upon which you are reading this (assuming such things as “computers” still exist when the contents of this document are analyzed and absorbed) are extrusions or externalizations of some fundamental aspect of the human mind. Does this aspect have a name, like Logic or Reason or something else with a classical-style capitalization like that?
Whether or not it corresponds specifically to some more formally defined element of the mind, the other thing I want to know is: is this device, this computer, a complete depiction or externalization of the human mind, or is it just of that one aspect, whatever that is?
If it’s not a complete representation of the human mind, then what is it that is missing from computers? Also, conversely: is my brain literally just a computer?
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September 27th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
[…] It occurs to me that if it’s true that computers are an externalization of the human mind, then the actual physical human with its merely-computer brain will eventually become obsolete - if only from a purely logical standpoint. […]
September 27th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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September 28th, 2007 at 3:05 am
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