Humans didn't invent computation, they discovered it

Humans have created computers as a tool to outsource the computation that was originally happening in their minds. Computers are just a way to tap into the stream of computation that humans have discovered. The particular technology stack used in computers, such as semiconductors and circuits, is just one way to harness computation. The field of quantum computing aims to find different physical infrastructures for computation, such as biology's molecular-scale computational process.

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