> The "Emergence of Life" paper is talking specifically about those sorts
> of life that can emerge
> WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ALREADY SMARTER, MORE-ORGANIZED AGENT.
> That's why that kind of life ("natural" life) is a truly emergent or
> (emergent from less-order) system.
>
Well, I'm an agno
CMR wrote:
I think it's useful here to note that from the "strong" AI point of view
"life as it could be" is empahasized as opposed to "life as we know it".
It's also worth pointing out that the latter is based upon a single data
point sample of all possible life, that sample consisting of life
> Just to be mischievous, I'll here pronounce "the facts of life" or more
> precisely
> "a sketch of a theory of the emergence of life" which will serve the
> purpose of partially constraining/
> defining what is meant by life. This is a hobby project.
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From: "Eric Hawthorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:27 AM
Subject: The Facts of Life
>
> CMR wrote:
>
> >Indeed. The constraints to, and requirements for, terrestrial life have
had
> >
CMR wrote:
Indeed. The constraints to, and requirements for, terrestrial life have had
to be revised and extended of late, given thermophiles and the like. Though
they obviously share our dimensional requisites, they do serve to highlight
the risk of prematurely pronouncing the "facts of
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