[ExI] Sick of Cyberspace?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 05:42:01PM -0500, natasha at natasha.cc wrote:
> Are we totally locked into cybernetics for evolution? I thought this  
> next era was to be about chemistry rather than machines.

The both are not necessarily disparate. Enzymes are molecular
machines doing chemistry, and machine-phase is basically numerically
controlled chemistry. Or nanoscale 3d rapid prototyping. 
It is really just about human classification, there is no 
fundamental boundary where chemistry stops and physics starts.
 
> Does anyone have thoughts on how chemistry might be another venue for  
> personal existence/communication/transportation, etc?  (I don't mean  
> through mind altering psychedelics.)

Nothing wrong with these.

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