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we're calling Merkel cell nerve endings and tactile corpuscles "sensors" now? I mean I guess they are, but it is weird to hear terms for artificial/technologic
by fnord77 5y ago
we're calling Merkel cell nerve endings and tactile corpuscles "sensors" now?
I mean I guess they are, but it is weird to hear terms for artificial/technological apparati being applied to biological apparati
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI mean it's popular science writing, so they have to make it understandable to people not educated in the underlying science.
- LightG 5y agoWait until you hear that the T-rex had FSD fully installed upon hatching.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoI'm expecting to see more of such language as time goes on, as we come to terms with life itself being just another piece of technology.
- howaboutnope 5y agoI think it's the result of some people being more and more cut off and alienated from themselves and life around them, so that's why they view it as "just other piece of technology". It says everything about them and nothing about life.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoOn the contrary. Discovering that life is nothing but advanced molecular nanotechnology - even if not designed by us, and too complex for us to completely grok - is one of the most profound achievements of the last century. Magical thinking is preventing us from growing as people.
- howaboutnope 5y agoBut it is not designed, period. It just is. It has no purpose, no goal, no intent -- which is good, too, since the final destination of any and all of it might the heat death of the universe.