We talk about "statistical models", and even "numbers" but really those things are just abstractions that are useful for us to talk about things (and more importantly, design things). They don't technically exist.
What exists are voltage levels that cause different stuff to happen. And we can't say much more about what humans do when humans think. You can surely assign abstractions to that too. Interpret neural spiking patters as exotic biological ways to approximate numbers, or whatever.
As it happens I do think our difference from computers matter. But it's not due to our implementation details.
What exists are voltage levels that cause different stuff to happen. And we can't say much more about what humans do when humans think. You can surely assign abstractions to that too. Interpret neural spiking patters as exotic biological ways to approximate numbers, or whatever.
As it happens I do think our difference from computers matter. But it's not due to our implementation details.