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		geysersam on June 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf] I don't understand what makes you think humans operate anything like Turing machines to begin with. The only way I see to reach this conclusion is to assume Turing machines are all that exist, and the conclusion follows.

kbelder on June 27, 2022 [–]

Physics (as far as we know) is calculable and can be simulated with a Turing machine. Humans reside within the domain of physics.

Basically, either humans operate like Turing machines, or we're magic.

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