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Why Our Minds Are More Than “Meat Computers”

Why Our Minds Are More Than “Meat Computers”

Update: 2025-05-15
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Some scientists and philosophers hold the view that our brains are basically brains made of meat. Today, Dr. Eric Holloway and Dr. Robert J. Marks explain what’s wrong with this idea in the concluding segment of their conversation with guest host Patrick Flynn. For starters, the computational theory of mind may be incompatible with materialism or physicalism, as formal, abstract Read More ›

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Why Our Minds Are More Than “Meat Computers”

Why Our Minds Are More Than “Meat Computers”

Discovery Institute Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence