On 21/01/2015 15:29, Logan Streondj via AGI wrote:
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 06:51:43AM -0500, Tim Tyler via AGI wrote:
The biodiversity of Earth will probably prove to contain only
relatively insignificant knowledge - since it is based on a
one-size fits all genetic meterial, and an illogically
restricted set of amino acids and proteins.
Just because you don't understand it, does not mean it isn't valuable.
A very simple thought experiment can lead to understanding.
Knowledge increases intellectual power.
Knowledge derives from past experience.
Biology has billions of years of past experience.
Thus studying it can lead to increased knowledge.
It's not the consitutents of biology that matter,
it is the behaviour and adaptive capacity that it contributes.
A Lichen ecosystem could be studied thoroughly to gain near endless
insights for building offworld bases.
It is always best to work ontop of what is known,
than to flouder around with trial and error.
disregarding biology is one of the stupidest things an intelligence
can do.
I'm not saying a superintelligence will "disregard" existing ecosystems.
They do contain some knowledge. However, that knowledge will - relatively
quickly become a drop in a teapot - and much of it will be rendered obsolete.
That includes most of the "protein folding" discoveries made by bacteria in
the last four billion years - and our nucleic-acid based storage media. That
stuff will mostly go into the "here's how our ancestors used to do it" bucket -
and ecosystems will move on to use newer and better tools.
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