[extropy-chat] Warwick: Could future computer viruses infect humans?

[ben]

Adrian Tymes wrote:

"Umm...no.  Biological viruses require a physical
presence to infect; software viruses do not, being
pure information."

Whoa!!

There is no such thing as 'pure information'.

Unless you believe in souls, etc.

Information is always embodied in some way.

I assume you meant to make a distinction between information encoded on 
electrons and information encoded on molecules?

I certainly hope so, anyway.

ben