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Originally Posted by David Bailey  Analog processes are routinely simulated on a digital computer. Do you think QM is a vital part of the explanation of consciousness - I don't really understand your point.
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I don't think we will learn anything about consciousness by asking if a theorem prover can produce consciousness because it is exactly the same question as asking if a biological system can produce consciousness because a biological system is an analog computer.
However, there is probably a lot to learn about consciousness by trying to simulate it on a computer.
If we really knew enough about the human brain/nervous system/endocrine system to simulate it correctly I think we would know if it was capable of reproducing human behavior.
If we exactly simulated a human being at the biological level and it would not wake up from a coma that might prove something.
I think the real experiment would be much more valueable than the thought experiment.