Neuroscientist Anil Seth's 'time argument' against computationalism meets a discrete-firing rebuttal
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-05
A debate on computational functionalism: Anil Seth argues the 'time argument' — Turing computation only cares about sequence while consciousness depends on continuous physical time — so brains are 'entimed,' not merely embodied. A rebuttal notes computers also live in continuous analog voltages while brains communicate via discrete firings, at best refuting a global clock.
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