Stringsinger's thesis lies along the line of well-established materialist arguments:molecules rule and produce brains which produce thoughts by neuro-electronic means, and the thoughts are perceived by other neuro-electronic means and the whole thing is just a set of complex loops of molecules dancing.

The counter-thesis asserts that qualitative differences exist between signals and understanding, between electrochemical kicks and intent, and between perception and reaction.

Therein lies the Great Divide. Oddly, both of these schools depend on sort of self-fulfilling loops and it escapes me how any external evaluation comparing the two could occur.


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