Nice video! Yes even Fred Hoyle fell down on understanding what's possible with simple rules and a large number of iterations.
On 2 December 2013 10:59, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:37 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Because there are no obvious signs of government in the universe, I would >> say. >> > > I agree. People underestimate the complexity that can arise from > multiplying simple behaviours by many entities. Here's a beautiful example: > > http://vimeo.com/16256894 > > Everything here is the outcome of the behaviours of simple agents > following simple rules in reaction to their local environment. This example > has two types of agents: preys and predators. If we consider the fantastic > number of ways in which molecules can aggregate and interact, it's possible > to imagine how something like this can scale up to the complexity of the > human body. > > Under some such environment, when replicators emerge, evolutionary > processes take over and thus begins the climb up mount improbable. > > I never found a proponent of interventionist gods who seemed to grasp > what's possible with simple rules and building blocks. > > This does not explain consciousness, of course. There are enough deep > mysteries to existence as is. > > Telmo. > > >> On 2 December 2013 10:29, Roger Clough <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How can a grown man be an atheist ? >>> >>> An atheist is a person who believes that the universe can >>> function without some form of government. >>> >>> How silly. >>> >>> >>> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) [1/1/2000] >>> See my Leibniz site at >>> http://independent.academia.edu/RogerClough >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> <http://www.avast.com/> >>> >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! >>> Antivirus<http://www.avast.com/>protection is active. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
