Is the future postbiological?


	Is the future postbiological?

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7-22-2008 11:49 AM

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7-23-2008 11:17 AM

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They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan.

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occasional robot, biological life is running the show.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/27/is-our-universe-ruled-by-artificial-intelligence/">But NASA scientist, Dr. Steven Dick, sees a future Universe that has evolved 
past biology. Where every intelligence is artificial.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/27/is-our-universe-ruled-by-artificial-intelligence/">In a recent paper published in the journal <I itxtvisited="1">Acta 
Astronautica</I>, entitled <I itxtvisited="1">The Post Biological Universe</I>, 
Dr. Steven Dick notes how every search for extraterrestrial intelligence assumes 
that life will be biological.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/27/is-our-universe-ruled-by-artificial-intelligence/">And yet, here on Earth we can see that intelligent life develops more and more 
sophisticated tools over time. And these tools will eventually lead to 
artificial intelligence</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/27/is-our-universe-ruled-by-artificial-intelligence/">According to many scientists, it's easy for civilizations to be older than us.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/27/is-our-universe-ruled-by-artificial-intelligence/">
<P itxtvisited="1">Plenty of time to evolve into intelligent life, and then 
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