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What is the philosophical difference between an 'argument' that human minds following the laws of logic agree on "is correct" and a machine built by these minds flashing a "correct light"?

IMO the only advantage to be gained by introducing physical computers in the picture is lightning-fast book keeping.

Why would you trust an Intel CPU, a Samsung SSD and a linux fs driver running some verifying framework more than the human brains designing, writing and executing said framework?



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