Thanks! Re viruses, they may be one of the mechanisms of gene transfer between species, driving macroevolution, so they can have had a critical function in the ongoing development of life. As a technology they could become a tool of choice ...
________________________________________ From: Piaget Modeler [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 7 October 2012 4:03 PM To: AGI Subject: RE: [agi] "The universe is a computer" I liked your paper Craig. Valid points made. I wonder if we're venturing too far with the biological computation though. A physician I met once said that a virus is simply rogue DNA. If we start computing with DNA I wonder what literal viruses would be created. ~PM. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 18:25:48 +1000 > Subject: RE: [agi] "The universe is a computer" > > > Here's a paper discussing this proposition as an example application of a > transient > 20th century technical metaphor tot he operation of the brain: > > http://www.bth.se/com/gsil_cognitive_neural_eng.nsf/attachments/ACIB2011LindleyReprint_pdf/$file/ACIB2011LindleyReprint.pdf > AGI | Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> [https://www.listbox.com/images/feed-icon-10x10.jpg] <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23273500-4b97535e> | Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription [https://www.listbox.com/images/listbox-logo-small.png] <http://www.listbox.com> ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
