It’s some electrons moving around. Any further meaning of that is only what we assign to it.
Unless your “computer” is identical matter in the same arrangement and state is the original, actually doing stuff.
This is why the “what if you slowly simulated the entire universe on an infinite beach moving rocks around to represent the state? Could anything in it be conscious?” thing isn’t my very interesting.
No, you’re just shoving rocks around on sand. They don’t mean anything except what you decide they do. Easy answer.
Doesn't materialism imply that a perfectly accurate simulation of the universe would be identical to the universe we live in? If not, in what possible way could the two be distinguished?
Unless your “computer” is identical matter in the same arrangement and state is the original, actually doing stuff.
This is why the “what if you slowly simulated the entire universe on an infinite beach moving rocks around to represent the state? Could anything in it be conscious?” thing isn’t my very interesting.
No, you’re just shoving rocks around on sand. They don’t mean anything except what you decide they do. Easy answer.