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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yes, I am pretty confident in
precursors. The letter doesn't mention I.J. Good's intelligence
explosion 1965, or even Alan Turing's somewhat similar idea in
1951 (since they worked together at Bletchley park, maybe they
chatted about it there?).<br>
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Lewis Carrol has an organic simulation claim in Beyond the Looking
Glass. <br>
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On 2016-08-04 03:36, Dan TheBookMan wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>From:</b> Birger
Johansson <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:arthur99dent@hotmail.com">arthur99dent@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> August 3, 2016 at 2:07:46 PM PDT<br>
<b>To:</b> S-Lem listan <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lem-l@lists.rpi.edu">lem-l@lists.rpi.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Stanisław Lem was there, and there.</b><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span
style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From
the letters section at New scientist: Stanisław Lem
was there, and there. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23130850-800-11-stanisaw-lem-was-there-and-there/">https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23130850-800-11-stanisaw-lem-was-there-and-there/</a></span></font></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I
think some of these things can be traced back further still,
no?</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height:
20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height:
20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div>
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style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">
Sample my latest Kindle book, "The Late Mr. Gurlitt,"
at:</span></div>
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Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
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