> If your brain is meat, which is squishy, how can it be hardware?
This isn't what those terms mean, but nice try :). A better argument could be built around malleability of the brain.
> Isn't your brain just software too then? Isn't it all software running on software?
Yes and no. "Hardware" and "software" aren't fundamental. Think about ASICs vs. FPGAs vs. emulation. Which parts are "hard" and which are "soft" and which are something in between, is a matter of convenience/economics. Fundamentally, it's all compute though.
This isn't what those terms mean, but nice try :). A better argument could be built around malleability of the brain.
> Isn't your brain just software too then? Isn't it all software running on software?
Yes and no. "Hardware" and "software" aren't fundamental. Think about ASICs vs. FPGAs vs. emulation. Which parts are "hard" and which are "soft" and which are something in between, is a matter of convenience/economics. Fundamentally, it's all compute though.