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MultiverseOfSanity t1_jdyz0ch wrote

Even further. We'd each need to start from the ground and reinvent the entire concept of numbers.

So yeah, if you can't take what's basically a caveman and have them independently solve general relativity with no help, then sorry, they're not conscious. They're just taking what was previously written.

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Alex_2259 t1_jdz9vro wrote

And if you want to use a computer for your research, you guessed it bud, time to build a fabrication facility and re-invent the microprocessor.

Oh, you need the internet? You guessed it, ARPA 2.0 done by yourself.

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SnipingNinja t1_jdzkv7n wrote

You want to cite someone else's research, time to build humans from the ground up

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Alex_2259 t1_jdzz6j0 wrote

Oh wait, I think he wanted to also exist on planet Earth in our universe.

Gotta form the Big Bang, create something out of nothing and form your own universe.

Wow this is getting challenging!

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