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Re: Intel and a Brain
[Re: Alberto]
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07/14/06 21:23
07/14/06 21:23
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Doug
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All organs are made of cells, which are made of organelles and membranes, those are made of proteins and so on, etc. The fact that they function in complex systems is the result of many small incremental changes--as hard as it may be to believe.
I've been coding too long, this quote reminds me of Test Driven Design. 
As far as technology needing a designer, even that isn't always true. I've written simple programs that, when executed, write their own programs that, when executed, write their own programs... In this way, a simple set of commands can "evolve" into something so complex that the original programmer can't figure out why it works.
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Re: Intel and a Brain
[Re: Joozey]
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07/17/06 20:31
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" Can't you accept the fact that life is formed by coincidence? " Hmmnn, good point and yes I can !  I also accept the fact that my wrist watch did form by coincidence. It formed itself by using the evolution of TIME and it works well.  
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Re: Intel and a Brain
[Re: Doug]
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07/17/06 23:40
07/17/06 23:40
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As far as technology needing a designer, even that isn't always true. I've written simple programs that, when executed, write their own programs that, when executed, write their own programs... In this way, a simple set of commands can "evolve" into something so complex that the original programmer can't figure out why it works.
Lol, add that program to a machine creating different car parts and watch what happens.
Actually the coding thing sounds a bit like the ID theory in a way .
Anyways, I agree, why should live be designed anyway, maybe it was one of those random programs going rogue, with life as we know it as it's final result .. ?
Besides, how random could the outcome of designed life be?
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Re: Intel and a Brain
[Re: PHeMoX]
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07/18/06 19:39
07/18/06 19:39
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Doug
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Lol, add that program to a machine creating different car parts and watch what happens.
I don't think anybody has tried making cars yet, but they have used this technique to create things like micro-chips, robots, and super-computers.
I can't see any reason why a machine couldn't "evolve" a car, it would just be extremely complex since it is very hard to simulate every factor, and creating and testing millions of actual physical cars would be very expensive.
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