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'[No] one supposes that a computer simulation of a storm will leave us all wet. ... Why on earth would anyone in his right mind suppose a computer simulation of mental processes actually had mental processes?'
– John #Searle, 1983
I think that it's assumed that the relationship between consciousness and mental processes is different than the relationship between a storm and water.
Does the fact that the storms of Jupiter aren't wet mean they aren't storms?
What's the boundary between mental processes and simulations of mental processes? Is there ever an exactitude beyond which the simulation is no longer a simulation?
@PeterSjostedtH I also like the analogy with kidney function and urination, I heard in an episode of phil for our times. Anyhow, fascinating questions, surrounding 'consciousness' and 'mental processes'... What it 'is' and what it 'means', and whilst (re)searching these questions we cannot escape our own consciousnesses. I try to catch up a bit on the dicussions, but it is a complex business...!
@wisschrift It is a fascinating mystery.