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Page 85
... machine exactly resembled an organism , it would be an organism , not a machine : which means , among many other things , that it would be capable of designing and manufacturing itself without human help . What is generally regarded as ...
... machine exactly resembled an organism , it would be an organism , not a machine : which means , among many other things , that it would be capable of designing and manufacturing itself without human help . What is generally regarded as ...
Page 95
... machine that explains purposeful organization : it is organic functions that explain machines . The distinguishing mark of actual machines , even the most lifelike of computers , is that its powers and functions are derivative : their ...
... machine that explains purposeful organization : it is organic functions that explain machines . The distinguishing mark of actual machines , even the most lifelike of computers , is that its powers and functions are derivative : their ...
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... machine . If a machine should become a person that would be an infinitely greater miracle than any recorded in the Bible or the Koran . Now the underlying implications of Descartes ' baroque absolutism must not be forgotten . By ...
... machine . If a machine should become a person that would be an infinitely greater miracle than any recorded in the Bible or the Koran . Now the underlying implications of Descartes ' baroque absolutism must not be forgotten . By ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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