[ExI] Energy in motion

The Avantguardian avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 14 18:31:40 UTC 2009


--- On Wed, 1/14/09, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lets take as a given the commonly understood physically
> real world.
> Now consider how number and configuration of chemicals
> necessary for a
> single human to be aware of it all.  One kilogram of brain
> (our best
> approximation of computronium so far) is able to navigate
> through the
> flotsam and jetsam of the rest of the universe.  Pretty
> amazing.

Agreed. Our brains navigate through the flotsam and jetsam and give it the appearence of solid reality. BTW there was a typo in my math. The .002% should be either .002 *or* .2% but not both. However I believe my point and yours still stand.

Stuart LaForge

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo




      



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