Also, I didn’t mean for this distinction to be particularly interesting—I am still slightly concerned that it is so pedantic / boring / obvious that I’m the only one who finds it worth distinguishing at all.
I’m literally just saying, a description of a function / mind / algorithm is a different kind of thing than the (possibly repeated) execution of that function / mind / algorithm on some substrate. If that sounds like a really deep or interesting point, I’m probably still being misunderstood.
Also, I didn’t mean for this distinction to be particularly interesting—I am still slightly concerned that it is so pedantic / boring / obvious that I’m the only one who finds it worth distinguishing at all.
I’m literally just saying, a description of a function / mind / algorithm is a different kind of thing than the (possibly repeated) execution of that function / mind / algorithm on some substrate. If that sounds like a really deep or interesting point, I’m probably still being misunderstood.