[gkanapathy]

> A simulated heart does not pump real blood.

Well, now, a simulated heartbeat implemented in a pacemaker and connected to a pump does cause real blood to be pumped.

A real brain adds real numbers, and so does a computer brain. A real brain composes real words, creates real emails, issues payments, requests shipments. Those are not less real than the words, emails, procedures, payments, and shipment requests that computers make today.

[ptr_void]

I should have said, A simulated heart in computer does not pump real blood.

The thinking involved for a person in issuing shipment is not same as what computer does. These are not simulations. Just similar looking interface. Like a animated cartoon human, compared to a human.