Comment by estearum
6 hours ago
Nothing in the universe is anything other than a chain of reactions, amigo.
The brain is an object in the universe.
The universe has quantum behaviors (fully random, not a source of intelligence) and it has deterministic behaviors (fully non-random). Many of those deterministic behaviors are so complex that they're easier to analyze and describe as probabilistic, which is where most brain input → output relationships land.
Please point to any evidence whatsoever that the brain has some third type of interaction going on that has never been observed anywhere in the entire universe, then we can have a discussion about it.
Its baffling to me that people think the brain is somehow "outside" of the universe and somehow "magic" and not tied down by physics just like any other matter is. I don't understand how people come to this conclusion, except in the case of belief in magic or religion (which is belief in magic more or less).
Yeah, that's ultimately this whole conversation and people just don't have the courage to acknowledge their own beliefs.
The brain is a (very complex, incredible) input → output machine. That's it! It's incredible!
I don't understand why people are so afraid of this that they will believe otherwise with literally zero evidence whatsoever.