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Originally Posted by slayda
Nanotechnology is beginning to happen. Will it ever get to the point of self replication?  |
I'll believe in strong nanotechnology when we can make 10 cm wide, blind*, mechanical crabs of extrordinary complexity that can take bolts of fabric and rolls of duralumin strip and cooperatively build a zeppelin. They have to do it by touch*, without any outside communication or control other than their built-in instructions.
Then they can try making another crab. Until we can solve the manufacture problem on a macro scale, don't even bother at nano scale. Tackle the self-replication problem last.
Nothing says it's impossible, but I don't think it's very likely.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
* At nanoscale, everything is blind, and the only possible communication methods are touch or chemical signals. At that scale, they're about the same thing anyway.