On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Onno Meyer wrote:
Another factor is computer/brain capacity. The biocomputer from Robots has +1 complexity, but the bioships have a single macroframe while metal ships got 50 or more. it didn't feel right to give a sentient bioship more than one brain.
Arguably a human brain should be modeled as multiple computers. AFAIK various brain components can function quite well on their own, it's just that other missing components tend to mess up the overall functioning of the body, that the remaining parts are in great danger to get damaged too.
Though again arguably a mainframe, at that techlevel, itself might be technically a collection of smaller computers.
Do you know Jupiter by Ben Bova? The anatomy of the Jupiter beings there is not described in detail, but i get the impression, that they have more then one brain, one as leading brain, and others more concerned with specific tasks like moving certain bodyparts. (including some that are reomovable and rejoinable) And in cases of stress it sometimes requires great efforts of will on part of the leading brain, to keep the lower brains from doing some instinctive behaviour on their own.
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