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> Consciousness is not about computation;

Isn't there a lot of evidence to the contrary? We have general maps of our body parts in specific brain areas, we know if those areas get damaged it compromises specific functions like language, hearing etc. Then we have things like short term memory, long term memory, image processing (subconsciously) that can be hacked with visual illusions, and many more observations that clearly point to the brain undergoing information processing as described by information theory.




We can partially map certain regions of the brain to certain behaviors too.

Some mental illnesses can be classified as "miscomputations" in our brains as well.




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