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   From: kcalder@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
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   ghost  writes   
      
   >the short version:   
      
   >If a simulation is in everyway indistinguishable from the real thing,   
   >what's the difference in the end results?   
      
   Fair enough, but, do you really think that a brain and a computational   
   simulation of a brain are indistinguishable?   
      
   If I remove the top of your head with a buzz saw, what do you expect to   
   pop out? :)####   
      
   I'd expect some grey matter that is easily distinguishable from some   
   abstract, invented, computational system that doesn't actually exist in   
   nature of its own accord.   
      
   But I wouldn't bet any money on it.   
   --   
   Kevin Calder   
      
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