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Originally Posted by JustinSane
Oh, yes we are robots, my friend. The human mind is just a very advanced computer. It uses electrical impulses to generate ideas and movement. We are just carbon based while the ones we create are based off of differing metals. Why dont your read the argument first, and dispute it point-counterpoint style rather than use blanket statements like it's stupid.
Second, I discovered this idea long before I read Hume. He wrote it first, so of course it is only fair he get the credit, but I came to the same conclusion he did before I read his work. I made it up, I just was not the first.
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You have no basis for making such a sweeping assertion and generalization. Ignoring for the moment that there is both chemical and electrical activity in the human brain, the anthropomorphic metaphor that the human brain is "just like" a computer is pure scientific bullshit – along with the fantasy theories of Alan Turing (and his so-called "Turning Test"). Aside from the problem of imperfect knowledge that would drive your "deterministic" system – much like Freud, you are relying on outmoded 19th Century reductionism to arrive at your unsupported conclusion. For a dose of enlightenment you need to read the works of physicist Sir Roger Penrose, or explore the mathematics behind game theory.