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"an artificial brain can be implemented in software"
I have never understood what underlies this article of faith, and I know more about all the relevant technical disciplines than your average overeducated schmuck. Could you indulge my incomprehension by explaining it to me as though I just fell off the turnip truck?
I discourage the use of 'article of faith' as a rhetorical device.
I use it because I think it an accurate descriptor; what would you propose instead?
I'm guessing the presumption here is that "article of faith" is a pejorative. It's not: it refers to anything taken as true despite not being demonstrable. We lean on these all the time and that's okay, but it's useful to acknowledge when this is the case.