Reply to; gord at homostudy.win-uk.net
In article <31B573A7.31C at cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, dog (dog at cogsci.ed.ac.uk) writes:
>cameron hill wrote:
>> is the internet a nuronet
>> and is it alive?
>>1. no.
>2. depends what you mean by alive.
>>dog
>--
>mailto:dog at cogsci.ed.ac.uk>http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~dog>>"Time for a less subtle approach." - Kira Nerys
>
J.D. Bernal referred to all tools, mechanisms, constructed systems,
&c collectively as "The Extension of Man". Seen this way in context
it is alive, in effect we *breathe* life into it, just as we
implant artifactual genetic material, technically non-living
material, into living organisms. Seen this way, everything depends
on the context.
Gord
