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That's precisely why. While there's a lot of room for design improvement in complex systems, it seems likely, or at least more arguable, that nature has largely
by FeepingCreature 5y ago
That's precisely why. While there's a lot of room for design improvement in complex systems, it seems likely, or at least more arguable, that nature has largely cleared out the low-hanging fruit for single-celled organisms.
- adastra22 5y agoAll of engineering is a counter example. We have a fiendishly hard time replicating the precise lift mechanism of flying birds (this is still an active are or research), yet we have designed and built the Boeing 787 and SR-71. Life is an existence proof that atomically precise nano machines are possible, but it is not in any way a demonstration of their limitations any more than birds represent the epitome of heavier than air flight.
- FeepingCreature 5y agoCorrection: I read up on the story to refresh my memory, and Clippy does use a form of nanobots. I was mixing it up with another story, that just used a timed hyperlethal pathogen.