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Roger Clough
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Time: 2012-10-19, 19:26:04
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Why self-organization programs cannot be alive
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 05:39:58AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Bernard cells are mechanical, not caused by a self as agent but by
laws
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote:
Creating structure out of a random environment requires intelligence, the
ability to make choices on one's own.
Thus we can conclude that when the sun evaporates salty water salt
crystals do not form because a liquid is a
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 08:18:16AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
But the robot plants could not grow more robot structure
for free nor produce seeds. Or produce beautiful sweet-smelling
flowers. If they could produce more robot structure,
we ought to use them to produce
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From: Russell Standish
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Time: 2012-10-17, 17:39:38
Subject: Re: Why self-organization programs cannot be alive
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:54:31AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Creating structure out of a random environment
requires
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 05:39:58AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Bernard cells are mechanical, not caused by a self as agent but by
laws of physics. They may be self-organizing, but there's no self
to organize things.
Photosynthesis is a life process, not mechanical
10/18/2012
Forever is a long time, especially near the end. -Woody Allen
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From: Russell Standish
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Time: 2012-10-17, 17:39:38
Subject: Re: Why self-organization programs cannot be alive
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:54
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Time: 2012-10-17, 17:39:38
Subject: Re: Why self-organization programs cannot be alive
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:54:31AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Creating structure out of a random environment
requires intelligence, the ability to make
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:54:31AM -0400, Roger Clough wrote:
Hi Russell Standish
Creating structure out of a random environment
requires intelligence, the ability to make choices
on one's own. Self-organization does not have
that capacity, it merely follows a computer program.
So
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