[Cadaverous Pallor]

Seems to me that Alex and € are on the same page, really.

I don't see any reason to believe in anything else. It's the only thing that makes sense. We are a collection of chemicals that thinks. The thoughts are manifestations of the chemicals. We have layered up enough that we don't see the hardwiring anymore. But we are still "mechanical" in nature.

Thought of this way, it seems inevitable that we will create "intelligent" robots eventually.