Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of 'game of Life'
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Article discusses automated self-assembly in reverse of 'Game of Life', with minimal community discussion.
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mallowdram
4 months ago
This is just decontextualized science as engineering. Levin as well. Logic demands simple rules, objectivity that was always derived from subjectivity. That's how engineering infects interdependent biology for independent, individual hacks. Beware. We didn't learn rules, really, we spotted regularities and convinced ourselves these were rules. Hack life and develop automata and watch the pain begin. And it will come from chaos.
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