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You Can't *discover* That The Brain Is A Digital Computer. You Can Only *interpret* The Brain As A Digital Computer.
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You Can't *discover* That The
John Searle
You Can't *discover* That The Brain Is A Digital Computer. You Can Only *interpret* The Brain As A Digital Computer.
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