Someone mention tardigrades? [IMG]
Lots more examples. Draw a line. Move the mid point a random amount to make two lines. Repeat. You end up with a nice fractal coastline. The maximum...
Sorry if I didn't explain myself very well Daecon, I was using evolution in it's broadest sense. A set of chemical reactions can occur in...
Bacteria can reproduce every few hours. Simple molecules would be reproducing every few seconds. I think evolution is a lot slower than it used to...
Thanks exchemist, that's the sort of thing I meant. I'm sure there was a site that did a treatment of entropy changes as a change of information but...
It's more to do with statistical thermodynamics than Shannon's theories. The spontaneous appearance of complex ordered systems, that sort of thing...
I'm sure I read somewhere that the flow of energy can give rise to information. Does this ring any bells?
What happens when you make a Boase-Einstein Condensate with deuterium?
I think the film is more about the megalomania of the good doctor than the machine. Billy T, I'm afraid all your measurements of photons don't...
testing one two three... Gravage - our digital computers use numbers but that's not the only way to compute. :)
Hi peeps, me again. Isn't life fun? I understand your frustration EF, but I would just say this. If you believe that brute force processing is all...
You are quite right, childish nonsense, but at least it prompted you to post here, Read-Only. :) Could we perhaps hear of your opinions on this...
Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. Oops. It's clear from this that you have a strong belief that consciousness is an emergent property of...
Enough with the donkeys already! OK, OK a hypothetical donkey. Though I'd suggest it would be more of a hindrance in the long run. I don't see what...
Billy T, I sincerely hope that machines do not become conscious as they may decide in their arrogant superiority that it is all right to strap you to...
You don't like Kashmir? Why not? It could be a contender for the title of 'Garden of God', and was certainly a spiritual centre at the time. OK how...
ElectricFetus: Despite that fact that definitions of machine assume artifact, let's accept that life-forms are also machines, or at least mechanical....
Well found, Walter. I doubt Jesus went on a donkey. People were walking all over the place back then and thought nothing of spending a year or two...
That's why I mention the Culture space ships. They're a good case study. They seem to know all about us squishy organics and share our sensibilities...
Sounds like a belief system to me. Ego should not be confused with consciousness. The latter is possible without interference from the former. Of...
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