IN> Access to Corporeal beyond Earth...

[Nigel Cole]

On Wednesday 09 August 2006 21:34, Whistling in the Dark wrote:
> Indeed, he could probably work out the 'source code' of the human
> brain and hormonal system. And he may well be trying.

Also, even if was possible for Jean to have a perfect understanding of 
the laws of physics and chemistry, and could theoretically have perfect 
prediction... he might not be able to gather the incredibly vast 
amounts of data needed, with the necessary precision, in a sufficiently 
small space of time, to be able to turn that prediction into reality. 
(In fact, I think it's impossible: the data must exceed Jean's ability 
to store it, because whatever stores it  - even his own mind - is also 
part of the data!)

As an analogy: just because it is possible to determine every possible 
game of chess and therefore, in theory, to play a perfect game, doesn't 
mean it's possible to do so in practice.

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Nigel Cole
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