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> why can't statistics alone generate emergent phenomena?

because there is no generative mechanism in the definition of "statistics" with which to generate anything.

> What convinces you that the human brain isn't also just statistics at a massive scale?

Because the human brain created the concept of "statistics" so if statistics created the human brain this would mean statistics created statistics, leading to infinite regress.

parent mike741 3 years ago

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