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Re: nano-replicator assumptions

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From: Alan Schianni
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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From: Alan_Schianni@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Schianni)
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Subject: Re: nano-replicator assumptions
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Date: 12 Sep 92 19:12:12 GMT
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