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How can we define complexity?
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RE: How can we define complexity?
Have you got an example of a robot that can regenerate it's body, is wired more intricately than a human, has a conscience, and the ability to come up with new ideas? If not, then you are once again going down the avenue of wild speculation. Why cannot the robot do all of the above? Because we have no idea how to create consciousness, we have no idea how to create a robot that can regenerate its own body, we have no idea how to create a robot that can think up new ideas.

I agree, just because we have no idea doesn't make it impossible, but saying that eventually we might do it is wild speculation, because it relies on faith alone. Put it this way, a hundred years ago we thought there was no speed limit in this universe, and that in the future we would be able to travel instantaneously to everywhere in the universe. Einstein proved that this was impossible because the speed limit of the universe is the speed of light. Your speculation could be easily nulled by someone coming up with a proof that says it is impossible. That is how science works.
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How can we define complexity? - by Tiberius - February 28, 2009 at 3:04 pm
RE: How can we define complexity? - by leo-rcc - February 28, 2009 at 3:54 pm
RE: How can we define complexity? - by Edwardo Piet - February 28, 2009 at 8:32 pm
RE: How can we define complexity? - by Ephrium - March 1, 2009 at 3:58 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by Tiberius - March 1, 2009 at 9:40 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by athoughtfulman - March 9, 2009 at 8:55 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2009 at 8:21 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by athoughtfulman - March 10, 2009 at 8:51 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by lilphil1989 - March 10, 2009 at 10:39 am
RE: How can we define complexity? - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2009 at 8:28 pm
RE: How can we define complexity? - by athoughtfulman - March 10, 2009 at 8:53 pm

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