Yes.
And what's interesting is in the first chapter of The Blind Watchmaker that Dawkins treats robots and man-made things as biological objects because they couldn't exist without people which ARE bilogical objects. And that's why these man-made things are more complex than rocks for example.
ALthough of course they're not REALLY biological objects, but he says "Words are our servants, not our masters" and in the matter of complexity - treating them as biological objects helps explain. Since they're more complex than just any other non-biological objects since they are made by humans rather than just occuring in nature.
If you saw complex robots on an alien planet you may think that they were created by biological aliens or something.
But if you see just a bunch of rocks it doesn't imply any complex life.
Non-biological things that are made BY biological things (us humans for example) tend to be more complex than just any other non-biological things.
But they are still not as complex as the biological things that made them. At least - not yet. Maybe one day if computers and robots get complex enough they can get a snowball effect (the faster it goes the bigger it gets the faster it goes the bigger it gets, etc) and surpass us perhaps. I dunno.
But, not yet.
EvF
And what's interesting is in the first chapter of The Blind Watchmaker that Dawkins treats robots and man-made things as biological objects because they couldn't exist without people which ARE bilogical objects. And that's why these man-made things are more complex than rocks for example.
ALthough of course they're not REALLY biological objects, but he says "Words are our servants, not our masters" and in the matter of complexity - treating them as biological objects helps explain. Since they're more complex than just any other non-biological objects since they are made by humans rather than just occuring in nature.
If you saw complex robots on an alien planet you may think that they were created by biological aliens or something.
But if you see just a bunch of rocks it doesn't imply any complex life.
Non-biological things that are made BY biological things (us humans for example) tend to be more complex than just any other non-biological things.
But they are still not as complex as the biological things that made them. At least - not yet. Maybe one day if computers and robots get complex enough they can get a snowball effect (the faster it goes the bigger it gets the faster it goes the bigger it gets, etc) and surpass us perhaps. I dunno.
But, not yet.
EvF
