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    Supports→The objection that digital machines are deterministic while humans are not does not establish a relevant difference between humans and digital machines, even in a non-deterministic world.

    Quantum indeterminacy, even if present in neural processes, does not straightforwardly generate the kind of rational agency or consciousness that critics claim digital machines lack.

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    Digital machines(contrasted with humans in the argument)
    Computers and electronic devices that process information using binary code (1s and 0s) and follow logical instructions.
    Neural processes(as used in philosophy of mind)
    The physical activities happening in your brain—chemical reactions and electrical signals between brain cells.
    Quantum indeterminacy(as another argument Pereboom uses)
    The scientific idea from quantum physics that some events at the smallest scales are truly random and unpredictable, not predetermined.
    consciousness(Philosophy of mind; framing the 'What is consciousness?' question)
    A dynamic process characterized by self-transforming flow, intentional coherence, and semantic self-understanding, rather than a static or momentary state.
    rational agency

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    A mode of operation that can only function by seeking to be the first cause of its actions.

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