Re: The HP Way

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:51:45 +0200, David Brown
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


If the changes are not random, then they are controlled. The question
then is by what, or by whom?

Simply by very sophisticated self-organizing adaptive algorithms,
bootstrap designed by evolution itself. If the simple Mandelbrot
equation can produce infinite and beautiful complexity, and Conway's
Game of Life can build glider factory factories, why would DNA not be
infinitely more complex?

The problem is that too many people are afraid to let themselves
think, for fear of being called creationists or the equivalent.

John

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