[MD] On Pirsig's letter to Paul Turner

[Dan Glover]

Horse,

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Horse <horse at darkstar.uk.net> wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> My personal opinion is that I'd be very wary of defining the Biological
> level/patterns as those containing DNA. DNA is the vehicle used to enable
> self-replication or reproduction. It is, admittedly, the only experience we
> possess of self replication thus far so within those bounds it's not a major
> problem - I'm just very wary of making the assumption that because it's all
> we know so far it's all we'll ever know!

Dan:
I totally agree. Still, and until something better comes along, the
presence of DNA seems a good (the only?) way to separate inorganic
patterns from biological patterns.

> I think Magnus Berg had some good ideas from the early days of the Lila
> Squad (the original Lila Squad not the Johnny come lately bunch) regarding
> AI and the biological level. Be nice if he read this and joined in :)

Indeed!

Thanks, Horse!

Dan

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