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> It's not at all clear that everything relevant to the mind is found in the connections rather than the particular biochemical processes

I wouldn't expect anyone to consider the connectome to be absent the processes inside each of the individual neurons that are connected. I consider this to mean just that it's an emergent property of the collection working in concert. After all, everything is just connections all the way down, even deep inside individual cells.



> everything is just connections all the way down

Is that true? Could the "biochemical processes" also include relationships between cells?


Correct, in order to emulate a mind we might need to include that as well so that is in scope.




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