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Perhaps, but certain conditions will likely need to be met apart from sheer processing power. Just like magnetism is dependent on a particular configuration of parts made of specific types of materials, consciousness also appears to be dependent on a particular configuration of parts made from specific materials, and the working mechanistic example is the human brain. Computers are constructed of very different materials in a very different configuration than our brain and therefore, no matter how good it looks, just like wrapping a plastic string around a wooden core will not yield magnetism, there's no reason to expect that metal and polycarbonate in a completely different configuration will yield consciousness.

[QUOTE="Randall, post: 240767, member: 2682"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]Perhaps, but certain conditions will likely need to be met apart from sheer processing power. Just like magnetism is [I]dependent[/I] on a particular configuration of parts made of specific types of materials, consciousness also appears to be [I]dependent[/I] on a particular configuration of parts made from specific materials, and the working mechanistic example is the human brain. Computers are constructed of very different materials in a very different configuration than our brain and therefore, no matter how good it looks, just like wrapping a plastic string around a wooden core will not yield magnetism, there's no reason to expect that metal and polycarbonate in a completely different configuration will yield consciousness.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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