On 23/03/14 06:25 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > Target a C. elegans nematode worm with magick or prayer and measure the > effects: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans > > Target a simulated C. elegans with magick or prayer and measure the effects: > > http://www.openworm.org/ > > Test for statistically significant differences. > > If they are present there is a supernatural component to life that > simulation does not capture.
Now I'm wondering (given my previous fairly militant squeamishness about using animal neurons or animals in such systems) about the ethics of hurting a simulated organism vs. a real organism. For example something as complex as a bee: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/377398/q-a-how-bee-brains-could-inspire-ai-in-flying-robots what is the difference between harming an actual bee and sending the resulting neural stimulus to a simulation of a bee's brain? - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
