Originally Posted by
Brian-M
Clearly you don't understand what these words actually mean. Let me correct that for you...
Emulation: Running a program or other software designed for a different system.
Simulation: Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
Simulate: To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
Yes, although precise whole-cell
molecular model is still
being developed.
Presumably you believe the words you've bolded and highlighted are in contradiction with each other (which would be strange because my clarification that the second paragraph addresses "
a different question entirely" is part of the highlighted text).
If so, this would be further evidence of your inadequate reading comprehension skills. I see no reason to continue arguing with someone either unable or unwilling to comprehend plainly worded posts.
Plainly worded posts appear to mean different things to different people. You have provided the computationalists view.
For me and I suspect others here, wrt brain and consciousness, an Emulation is replacing some part of a brain (neuron has been mentioned, although I doubt that level carries sufficient detail, I suggest getting the connections correct is the magic bean) with an electronic black box(EBB). And yes the result is expected by most if not all to be conscious.
A Simulation imo would be constructing a computer model of a brain using only EBB's, and that is where the argument begins. Computationalists, of course it's conscious; others, maybe but actually unknown.
just my 2cts!