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    The China-body system substitutes silicon and radio signa... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The China-body system could undergo qualia, however strange this seems

    The China-body system substitutes silicon and radio signals for neurons and synapses, not merely at scale but in physical kind.

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    • 1.Functional isomorphism matters more than substrate: if silicon processes information identically to neurons, the physical difference is irrelevant.
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    • 2.Neurons are already non-biological at the quantum level; silicon substitution merely extends a principle already true in nature.
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    • 3.Scale-invariance of computation suggests that neural function depends on relational patterns, not material composition per se.
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    • 1.Neurons integrate analog chemistry, electrical gradients, and temporal dynamics that radio signals cannot replicate in kind or degree.
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    • 2.The claim conflates functional role with physical mechanism: replicating outputs need not require identical physical processes.
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    • 3.Consciousness and embodied cognition may depend on substrate properties silicon cannot instantiate, not just information transfer.
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