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Machines fall flat in many aspects: They don't heal, reproduce or "survive" well without human help in any way. Then again, they do things that are impossible w
by bad_alloc 10y ago
Machines fall flat in many aspects: They don't heal, reproduce or "survive" well without human help in any way. Then again, they do things that are impossible with organic systems, like going to space, travelling at supersonic speeds or lifting hundreds of tonnes in one go. That's why technology has always been an extension of ourselves, but now we're taking the first steps to bring these different lines together. That will of course lead to some awkward in-betweens, which nature has produced as well (see the tully monster for example).
- Razengan 10y ago> (see the tully monster for example). Wow, that looks like something straight out of Spore! [1] Thanks for mentioning this! Weird creatures like these on our own planet only pique the excitement for seeing how truly alien life on other planets must be like. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Tullimonstrum_NT_small.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Tullimon...
- john2x 10y agoLooks like something straight out of H.P. Lovecraft's works. Even the description on the Wikipedia page is pretty Lovecraftian.