Comment by Dylan16807
13 hours ago
They seem to be. But that argument doesn't matter much because you can simulate the whole body. (If you want to argue consciousness is outside the body, I could get into the physics argument but instead I'll just claim that consciousness will attach to the computer too and if you have a reason it wouldn't it's your burden to say why.)
I don’t know where consciousness is but I think if we accept that you can simulate a brain exactly that doesn’t prove consciousness of a model as consciousness is a metaphysical concept really
This seems like a different topic from whether consciousness "uses" the brain?
But I will point out we don't have a way to prove anything is conscious, not even a human.
Consciousness appears to be a biological phenomenon, but so too are metabolism, reproduction and evolution. Are these also metaphysical concepts?
Consciousness does not appear to be biological, that is an opinion and a highly debated one
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