reasoning about a physical phenomenon is not the same as causing a physical phenomenon. You cannot create new territory by sketching a map of it, no matter how much detail you include in your map..
But reasoning about reasoning does cause reasoning.
It’s the first “reasoning”, not the second, that’s causing the third. Reasoning about puppies causes reasoning, not puppies.
Is it possible for a simulator, that doesn’t physically incorporate a human brain, to reason just as we do?
Yes.
But reasoning about reasoning does cause reasoning.
It’s the first “reasoning”, not the second, that’s causing the third. Reasoning about puppies causes reasoning, not puppies.
Is it possible for a simulator, that doesn’t physically incorporate a human brain, to reason just as we do?
Yes.