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Re:What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? by yk on Sunday February 21, 2016 @10:18AM (#11144803)
What about my computer then, it has a mechanism to 'experience' time, on a level far better than any living being. (The real time clock.) It can process information, which seems quite similar to a nervous system. And it can cry for help via log-files. Seems by your definition I need a really good justification for a reboot.
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Re:What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? by goldenkey on Sunday February 21, 2016 @10:25AM (#11144836)
You're just pulling a pundit...

But to entertain your coy argument. Metaphors are not biology. A computer has nothing close to a nervous system. And has no self modifying parts.

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