Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00440
To: Hyndman hyndmanm@cadvision.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:05:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: question
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Hyndman wrote:
> >this is my own interpratation. I basicly believe we (builders)
> >are attracted to the idea of human created artificial life.
> >Being alive entails much more than being able to walk over sand
> >dunes.
>
> So you think that fungus, bacteria, aren't alive? Think of beam bots as
> microorganisms, wailing a flagella to move. In fact wasn't a creature
> as simple as that the reason why you are alive today?
Don't kid yourself. bacteria and fungi are many orders of magnitude
more complex than BEAM 'bots...
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