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Old 15th August 2015, 10:21 PM   #370
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Originally Posted by Jodie View Post
I felt it was relevant. We haven't succeeded in building AI equivalent to human intelligence because mathematical computations really can't be applied to human intelligence. If a near death experience is the result of human intelligence then nothing could be inferred from that to indicate that death is the end.
Are we behind schedule on building a replication of human intelligence?
How do you know mathematical computations cannot be applied to human intelligence?

Granted if NDEs can be explained without resorting to the afterlife, death may not be the end. This is true of any number of unfalsified ideas we might come up with.

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