[ExI] The digital nature of brains (was: digital simulations)

[Eric Messick]

Stathis writes:
>This is true, but you could hook up the simulation to a thermometer
>and it would be as good as a digital thermostat or you could just
>have the simulated thermostat regulate the temperature of a simulated
>room.  You could do the same with a simulated human: connect him to
>sense organs or create a sufficiently rich virtual environment for
>him. In either case he should be conscious.

Exactly!  I just said the same thing using a lot more words.

-eric