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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Atoms are essentially an erector set for life. Assemble them together correctly and you have life.

Not quite. The 'spark of life' is the final ingredient.

98 posted on 03/16/2019 10:18:20 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

Which is exactly why I say that the “artificial intelligence” they are touting today is indeed artificial, but not intelligence.

True intelligence requires conscious self-awareness, which is a quantum mechanical phenomenon and can never by achieved through software alone. What they call “artificial intelligence” these days is nothing more than highly intricate if-then programming with some statistical analysis thrown in.

Quantum mechanics is the only branch of science that even touches upon consciousness. A conscious observer is required for a quantum mechanical event to occur, ala Schroedinger’s cat.

I believe in a God who is the conscious observer who brings the universe into existence. There is no reason to believe that such a God could not create matter with the mathematical blueprint to self-assemble life one step at a time.

Whoever God is, He is far beyond our comprehension. My idea of who God is is just as valid as yours.


102 posted on 03/17/2019 9:07:02 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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