From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 21:11:53 MDT
It looks like the holonic robot concept has been taking off. Check out this
beauty from iRobot...
http://www.irobot.com/rd/p14_Holon.asp
Emlonic
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damien Broderick [mailto:d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 7 October 2002 12:11
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: holons (was: Re: Universality of Human Intelligence)
>
>
> At 12:13 PM 10/6/02 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> >On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:48, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> >> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
>
> >I'm thrown by the word "holonic".
>
> A holon is a bounded chunk with an identifiable systemic
> function. It is
> usually made of smaller holons, and forms part of a larger
> holon: it is a
> holistic atom. I attribute this very useful coinage to Arthur
> Koestler; it
> is deployed vigorously in his great book THE ACT OF CREATION.
>
> Damien Broderick
>
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