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Article #291Re: nano-replicator assumptions
From: Alan Schianni
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:12
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:12
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I don't agree that for X to create a complex machine Y, X necessarily and sufficiently must be more complex than Y. My basis is that in possible worlds a simple organism such as a seed need not be more complex than its production. But what is necessary and sufficient it seems in all closely related possible-words is that X must have the capability (however simple or complex) to produce Y. And, in this argument Y can be anything from a microcosm to a complex unity. No matter how complex a living organism is, without the "Capability" to produce Y, he Can Not produce Y.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a3205 From: Alan_Schianni@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Schianni) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: nano-replicator assumptions Message-ID: <15073@mindlink.bc.ca> Date: 12 Sep 92 19:12:12 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 9