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yeah, that's basically my claim. the brain is a form of computer, just with different hardware and software, and designed to do different things.
and induction, emotion, consciousness, etc. are really just complex routines that we could replicate if we knew the code.
Well let's not get into coding just yet -- coding involves compiling, as I'm positive you're aware, which involves using software to convert keyboard input, into an array of different combinations of electrical impulses (a lot like the brain...). It's amazingly complicated given all the transistors and resistors in the integrated circuits. We'd need a similar device - a translator, if you will - if we were to interface directly with the brain, and give it commands without sensory input.
Dude evan I actually wrote about this in my blog - I'll link it in a second; The senses of a computer would be the same as the keyboard or the disk drives, or any USB device, though with those, the analogy gets far more complex -- as with an iPod the computer writes data onto it. I guess this would be akin to doing homework or talking to a friend; outputting data that is.
The CD itself or the user of the computer typing on the keyboard would take the place of sensory stimuli.
I also had a number of talks with my friend Night on the topic. I'll clear it with him first, and see if he wouldn't mind my copying and pasting his sentiments. He had a lot of good stuff to say.
Edit: Computer post