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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2019-09-10

"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." -- Stephen Hawking

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dewline: Facepalming upon learning bad news (bad news)
posted by [personal profile] dewline at 10:19am on 2019-09-10
I think I need to cry when I read that one.
corylea: A picture of the starship Enterprise (Enterprise)
posted by [personal profile] corylea at 02:50pm on 2019-09-10
Authors and playwrights have created millions of people in our imaginations, which should count as a form of life if a computer virus does. Many of those fictional people are good and kind and helpful, even heroic. The creative team of Star Trek created Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise, any of whom would sacrifice his life to save others.

I could list other fictional heroes, but I'm sure you can fill out the list yourself with no problem. :-)
Edited Date: 2019-09-10 02:51 pm (UTC)
brewsternorth: Electric-blue stylized teapot, captioned "Brewster North". (Default)
posted by [personal profile] brewsternorth at 06:16pm on 2019-09-10
True! Stories and memes are - in a strange way - a form of life.
corylea: A woman gazing at the sky (Default)
posted by [personal profile] corylea at 01:28pm on 2019-09-11
And a lot of our stories are about people who are even better than the average human!

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