Post #909895

2026-03-27 08:49 UTC

As another technologist, I have to remind everyone that unless you subscribe to some rather fringe theories, humans are also based on standard physics. Which is math. All the way down.

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@HereIAm@lemmy.world 2026-03-27 09:36

I agree, the maths argument is not a good one. While a neural network is perhaps closer to what a brain is than just a CPU (or a clock, as it was compared to in he olden days), it would be a very big mistake to equate the two.

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@NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 2026-03-27 14:43

As a mathematician, it should be noted that the mathematics of physics aren’t laws of the universe, they are models of the laws of the universe. They’re useful for understanding and predicting, but are purely descriptive, not prescriptive. And as they say, all models are wrong, but some are useful

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@xep@discuss.online 2026-03-27 08:54

What maths do our memories follow? What about consciousness?

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@silly_goose@lemmy.today 2026-03-28 15:35

As a philosopher, I have to remind you that humans invented math and physics to model reality. Humans are not based on physics or math. That would be like saying the earth is based on a globe.

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