Hello Contracycle,
Contracycle writes:
The difference between the two is similar to the translation of matter and energy-same thing in different phases or forms.
Problem is we do not know what exactley IS energy. And comparing a human mind with a computer is fine but not the same thing. IMO A computer is nothing more than a turing device. It writes a 1 erases a 0 . There is no true content other than 0's and 1's. When you say the word "tree" that word is more than a word to a human, it is a thousand memories and feelings and emotions of trees all collective to mean the word TREE. To a computer the word tree is data represented by 0's and 1's. If humans are no different than computers it is because we are all made of atoms. And on that level everything is the Same.