On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 9:28 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I know that anything that can process data, and the human brain can
>> process data, can be emulated by a Turing Machine. And a Turing Machine is
>> Turing Complete.
>>
>
>
> *Perhaps you mean the brain is "Turing emulable" i.e. computable here,
> rather than "Turing complete" (which is having the capacity emulate any
> other Turing machine).*
>

OK but by that definition nothing physical is Turing complete because there
are an infinite number of Turing Machines and nothing in the non-abstract
real world can emulate all of them.


John K Clark    See what's on my new list at  Extropolis
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