Full Idea
For any machine that computes a function by executing an explicit algorithm, there exists a hard-wired machine that computes the same function by not executing an explicit algorithm.
Clarification
An 'algorithm' is a sequence of procedures for performing a task
Gist of Idea
Any piece of software can always be hard-wired
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (Psychosemantics [1987], p. 23)
Book Reference
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'Psychosemantics' [MIT 1993], p.23
A Reaction
It is certainly vital for functionalists to understand that software can be hardwired. Presumably we should understand a hardwired alogirthm as 'implicit'?