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It’s nothing like saying “plants can’t be alive”, that’s preposterous.
You make the mistake of thinking that brains and computers are exactly the same when we only really understand the workings of one of those things (computers).
All of the world’s top neuroscientists would tell you that we don’t really actually know how the human brain works.
People who are far more qualified than you to make such a comparison would not do so.
Your argument is built upon a logical fallacy known as “false equivalence”. If you’re not familiar, it means that you are presenting two things as equivalent based on flawed logic.
You’ve probably heard someone use an idiom about comparing apples and oranges right? Doing so would be a false equivalence, that’s where the idiom comes from.
Another example of false equivalence would be your comparison of my logically sound argument to a completely unrelated and nonsensical assertion about plants.
Sorry, 'h0tbeef', I forgot that only you understand consciousness and only you know how it is defined. So only you know what qualifies, because of your superior understanding that no one else can possibly hope to have.
Of course, only humans are capable of being conscious, you're absolutely right as always. You're so clever, you should go reward yourself with a cookie.
Oh, have we reached the stage of the debate where you project your insecurities onto me in a desperate bid to avoid conceding your palpably untenable position? How dignified.
If you wish to gain more knowledge and understanding, I would suggest you stop outsourcing your cognition to a chatbot.