I've reflected that superintelligence could emerge through genetic or pharmaceutical options before cybernetic ones, maybe by necessity. I am really rooting for cybernetic enlightenment to guide our use of the other two, though.
On 9/8/08, Brad Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From the article: > > "A team of biologists and chemists [lab led by Jack Szostak, a molecular > biologist at Harvard Medical School] is closing in on bringing non-living > matter to life. > > It's not as Frankensteinian as it sounds. Instead, a lab led by Jack > Szostak, a molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School, is building > simple cell models that can almost be called life." > > http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/biologists-on-t.html > > There's a video entitled "A Protocell Forming from Fatty Acids." It's > fascinating and, at the same time, a bit scary. > > Paper co-authored by Szostak published this month: > > Thermostability of model protocell membranes > http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/09/02/0805086105.full.pdf+html > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=111637683-c8fa51 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
