Perhaps, mental states are both experiences and brain states. For example, temperature is also average random kinetic energy. However, you can measure temperature, in degrees, without measuring average random kinetic energy, in joules. You can use temperature values in many ways separate from their energy values. If mental states are physical states, they can have physical effects without violating physical law. Brain states can be physical or physiological properties. Brain states can be structural properties, like software, caused by something physical and causing something physical {functional materialism}. Machines can simulate human intelligence, so objective language and behavior can be similar. However, machine parts and motions seemingly affect perception, behavior, and consciousness.
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