When we reduce the engineer’s mind to a computer, the source of innovation disappears:
The fundamental problem of modern science is the problem of innovation. Where does novelty come from? This problem shows up in physics, biology, artificial intelligence, and economics…
The source of this information puzzles the respective fields. The puzzle is due to the fact that, while each field can describe the target precisely, using its axioms, none of the fields can describe how the target came to be hit…
The one area where we do not encounter this mystery is engineering. In engineering, the cause of purposeful arrangements of parts is well known. This cause is engineering innovation. Engineers create the technical inventions that run our economy. However, once we get into the engineer’s mind, the mystery reemerges.
Eric Holloway, “Why engineering can’t be reduced to the laws of physics” at Mind Matters News
He argues that the problem how to account for innovation cannot be solved by anything built upon the laws of physics.