05166 Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?

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Message #05166

To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: JVernonM@aol.com JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?

:In a message dated 7/8/99 8:41:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Ripter01@aol.com
:writes:
:
:> You astound me, Somehow you take a very well thought and said
:> example of how BEAM robots will one day be very useful and turn it into
:what
:>
:> you want to see. But you should also remember there would be no horses
if
:> there was no gnats, nature had to practice some where. Well, believe
what
:> you will I'm not here to change anyones mind, just express my own
opinions
:> on
:> the subject.
:It would seem you are guilty of the same. Gnats have nothing to do with
:horses, and horses have less to do with robotics. As far as nature
:practicing, you may want to bone up on natural selection. Which, by the
way,
:has nothing to do with artificial selection or engineered devices. I saw NO
:well thought out example, just another bogus claim for BEAM promises.
Robots
:and natural, living systems are two entirely different things. That is a
:FACT, not a belief.
:Jim
:
:

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