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Who said computers couldn't be made out of meat?
by jrajav 14y ago
Who said computers couldn't be made out of meat?
- jlgreco 14y agoI'd say we are proof that they can be. ;) Saying that humans are pattern matching engines seems equivalent to saying VW Bugs are internal combustion engines to me though.
- JonnieCache 14y agoI meant the "essence" of humanity, as in "what separates us from the animals." That is what it means to be uniquely human: to match patterns, overzealously.
- technolem 14y agoMost animals are pattern matchers. Overzealous ones at that. Our specialty is abstraction and formal logic.
- js2 14y agoHow could you make that comment and not link to http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html
- shangaslammi 14y agoYou mean like http://techland.time.com/2012/04/18/crab-computing-the-future-of-computers-powered-by-crabs-wait-what/ http://techland.time.com/2012/04/18/crab-computing-the-futur...