To those who haven't yet read the article, don't bother. Here's a 15-second rendition of the argument to save you the time:
A rat study showed most of a rat brain was used to process information from touch. This does not match ‘function localization’ models of the brain, and might be relevant to brain injury outcomes. There is also debate to what extent, if any, neuron growth happens in adulthood. Therefore we should be suspicious about neuromorphic computation and maybe the brain isn't substrate independent.
No, I'm not skipping a step with ‘therefore’, it really is precisely that abrupt, arbitrary, and poorly-reasoned.
A rat study showed most of a rat brain was used to process information from touch. This does not match ‘function localization’ models of the brain, and might be relevant to brain injury outcomes. There is also debate to what extent, if any, neuron growth happens in adulthood. Therefore we should be suspicious about neuromorphic computation and maybe the brain isn't substrate independent.
No, I'm not skipping a step with ‘therefore’, it really is precisely that abrupt, arbitrary, and poorly-reasoned.