Re: virus: Technology (was manifest science)

Dylan Durst (ddurst@levien.com)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:05:05 -0700 (PDT)

> And prior to the human race, just exactly through whose eye and
> mind would logic have been able to evolve (not the proper word) or
> be extracted from perception (the right phrase), since it is, after all
> derived from perception through reflective abstraction. Is this
> another one of those God Thingies?

'logic'?

Venus fly trap:
if(DetectMovement(Clutches)) CloseClutches(); if(FinishedDigesting(Clutches.inside)) OpenClutches();

While i'd say the proccess is a bit more fuzzy then that, it is logic. (Note: i'm using definition 'd' from "logic" at www.m-w.com

           d: the arrangement of circuit elements 
              (as in a computer) needed for computation; 
              also : the circuits themselves