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    this is a good stab at unravelling the problem imho, but 2b is problematic. since when are functionalist and evolutionary (?) arguments complete? maybe even if we only link them up to a design one Commented Mar 7, 2025 at 18:33
  • I grant that citations would help. I've addressed the conscious awareness question in a comment on another answer; it doesn't seem a difficult one to me, but that's given my assumptions and someone coming at it from another angle may have more difficulty with it. Determinism is a separate question, but if you think your PC's behaviors are fully deterministic you can thank its designers and programmers for doing a LOT of work to make them so... Asynchrony almost always introduces indeterminacy unless locks are designed in to force realignment. Commented Mar 7, 2025 at 21:08
  • At this point, there are enough examples of this assertion in the responses to the question that I don't think explicit citation is required. Commented Mar 10, 2025 at 14:35