thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Two days ago Engineers showed Nanotube Circuits could be made en Masse. :) Sweet, huh. Lots more at Thoughtware (dot) TV

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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SolRosenberg84 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The line between Biological Intelligence and Human Technological Intelligence is blurring. Very true. I've heard there has been lots of work in nanotech recently on attempting to create systems that work at the molecular levels to produce complexity, basically copying the way evolution works, but at a much faster rate. I think the eventual goal of the project was to produce transistor like units that create and organize themselves, like a self assembling processor.

IMPERATORTIBERIVS (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The point of this video is the reason why cockroaches have bristles on their legs, I think. I think there are little bristles on RHex's legs which catch on the mesh just like a cockroach's legs would, enabling it to cross the terrain easily.

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I do appreciate it if you see a piece of rock or a keyboard and see the difference. I look at both and all, and see the similarities. Past the big bang's singularity, we've only just begun to exist and change separately from everything else. Dumb matter saturates the Universe. Not for long. The line between Biological Intelligence and Human Technological Intelligence is blurring.

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

[continued response to choowo3] Your keyboard is but a branch of a technological evolutionary tree, a result of biological evolution and a direct result of human ingenuity. Both Biological Evolution as well as Technological Evolution are a direct result of Universal Cosmic Evolution. If this were not so, neither would exist otherwise. Yes, you're both made of matter. You both share a singular common point of origin.

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Choowo3, What I'm telling you is the basic building blocks are one and the same. You're not equal to your your keyboard, Intelligence differs between you and it by orders of magnitude.

choowo3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

So tell me how robots and humans are so much the same. I mean EVERY thing is made of atoms right? So your saying me and my Keyboard are the same just because we are made of Atoms?

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Some minds spend their time wondering who will be the next American Idol, and whether their new cellphone will be twice as powerful as their last. The new Renaissance will be rooted in Transhumanism. Life will achieve higher order of freedom and intelligence. Intelligence will transcend Biology. Humanity will transcend itself. Transhumanism is man remaining man but transcending himself by realizing new possibilities on and for his human nature.

thoughtwaretv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Choowo3, you say he's wrong, but why is he wrong? Many like to rejoice in their "human, uniqueness superiority", our unique ability to be conscious, to learn, but it is false. We're surrounded by a vast biological diversity, many of which achieved levels of consciousness, ability to learn and to perceive.