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How does a water droplet "know" the path downhill. How does electricity "know" the least resistance path. All this language is just confusing. In a chemical gr
by jvanderbot 3y ago
How does a water droplet "know" the path downhill. How does electricity "know" the least resistance path.
All this language is just confusing. In a chemical gradient sense, molds and yeasts solve tough problems all the time, but it's not much more than physics
- whelp_24 3y agoHow many simple physics combinations until you get intelligence? Remember that you are made of cells, and everything you do (probably) can be reduced to a group effect of your cells.
- jvanderbot 3y agoComplexity is not magic. It's just a long search for the right combo. In fact we have untold trillions of branching iterations in evolution.
- whelp_24 3y agoThis does not answer the question.
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- taneq 3y agoIf it's more than physics at all, what's the extra bit?
- jvanderbot 3y agoWell, I guess a fancy narrative.
- a_gnostic 3y agoEven that is physics.
- jvanderbot 3y agoYou used my own point to "gotcha", so I guess that's Hackernews!
- a_gnostic 3y agoA gotcha was not intended. I commented in your support, with mild humor implied.
- taneq 3y agoThe Froghurt is also cursed. Which also is a fancy narrative. It's fancy self-referential narratives all the way down. (Good point and agreed, but who am I to pass up meme potential. ;)