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Originally posted by AllIsOne
Originally posted by andersensrm
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by andersensrm
Re your thread title: you are either assuming that the human brain is not a machine, or the human thinking doesn't happen in the brain. The human brain is a machine too! Albeit a very sophisticated one. So I question your thread title. What other "thinking" is there, but from a machine? I've never encountered a human that can think without a brain ...
depends on what you define as a machine. In that sense your right. But generally we don't regard our brains as machines. I'm talking about computers. But I like the connection and that is what I am going for, that we are similar to machines, and where is that line from machine to life start and end
BTW: We already have computers that are able to accomplish in hours what took scientists centuries ...
Please note that the software program was not retrieving any stored data. It literally observed a phenomenon (pendulum) and came up with the correct law of physics.
www.wired.com...edit on 21-3-2012 by AllIsOne because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by blocula
reply to post by SplitInfinity
I agree and so that person who came back with an arificial limb is actually a real "cyborg" and do you remember when the bionic man fought bigfoot?!
Originally posted by Jace26
reply to post by chr0naut
An internet search bar doesn't have self recognition though. It doesn't think, it is programmed to do set tasks.
It is known that there is a singularity at the centre of a black hole and a black hole may actually be an informational phenomenon and so a black hole's central singularity is an informational singularity and so our universe is a black hole and its informational centre is the earth's biosphere...
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by Marco0Aurelio
We do not know what consciousness is. It might be an illusion all together. Some recent research suggests that free will does not exist.
It might very well be that God is a super computer. Maybe we are on an evolutionary path to get there in a few million years when man and machine will have merged. QM physics suggest that the ultimate building block of reality is information and not matter.
Originally posted by blocula
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Some day cyborgs and androids from different countries may actually go to war against eachother and it might be on the moon where it happens and what a movie that would make.I wonder if any screenwriters ever take a look through some of the awesome threads here at ATS and discover great ideas for movies?i know i could come up with some mind blowing scenarios and screenplays for all types of science fiction and horror movies...
edit on 21-3-2012 by blocula because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Interesting update. Thanks!
How big is infinity divided by 2? Only half?
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Interesting update. Thanks!
How big is infinity divided by 2? Only half?
I have never said how many times Split!
Originally posted by AllIsOne
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Interesting update. Thanks!
How big is infinity divided by 2? Only half?
I have never said how many times Split!
I know and that's why I'm asking ...
Originally posted by FruitCup
reply to post by andersensrm
The answer to that would be a serious "NO".