In the course of things, the interaction we have with the massive processing power that is a PC is channelled through a keyboard and a mouse in one direction and through a monitor and speakers in the other. It would be quite feasible to remove the clump of electronics between these realities and replace them with a resident of Chongqing on a camping holiday. The gentleman (or lady) in question would then pretend to be reading a biography of Alan Turing. In this simple thought experiment (actually a simple thought scenario as no variables were harmed in the process) we have thus disposed of the questions of speculative statistical tests, transcendentalism and artificial life in one politically unprovocative posting.
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