From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 03:19:55 MDT
It's more than just a blueprint. It's machine readable & executable, and I
think it is self modifiable.
The brain is just a virtual machine.
Emlyn.java
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> From: Harvey Newstrom [mailto:mail@HarveyNewstrom.com]
> Sent: Monday, 6 May 2002 6:01 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: How will you know that you've woken up from cryogenic
> sleep?
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>
> On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 03:20 am, Emlyn O'regan wrote:
> > If the program isn't in the DNA, where is it?
>
> I think DNA is a blueprint for building the hardware. It
> might contain
> firmware to run some of the hardware. However, at birth the
> brain is an
> empty storage medium waiting for data and programming to be loaded.
>
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