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BUCKET OF BOLTS. "By the close of the next century, nonbiological intelligence will be ubiquitous." http://www.rense.com/ufo6/live.htm View in LinkedIn

CONSCIOUSNESS. "The issue of consciousness will become even more contentious in the 21st century because nonbiological entities --read: machines-- will be able to convince most of us that they are conscious. They will master all the subtle cues that we now use to determine that humans are conscious. And they will get mad if we refute their claims." They will pass the Turing Test. http://www.rense.com/ufo6/live.htm View in LinkedIn

THE MELD. "Current predictions overlook the imminence of a world in which machines become more like humans-programmed with replicated brain synapses that re-create the ability to respond appropriately to human emotion, and humans become more like machines-our biological bodies and brains enhanced with billions of "nanobots," swarms of microscopic robots transporting us in and out of virtual reality. We have already started down this road: Human and machine have already begun to meld." http://www.rense.com/ufo6/live.htm View in LinkedIn

ELECTRONIC BRAIN. "But by 2030, we'll have the means to scan the human brain and re-create its design electronically." An extraordinary statement, to say the least. http://www.rense.com/ufo6/live.htm View in LinkedIn

WORTH REPEATING. "By 2050, $1,000 worth of computing will equal the processing power of all human brains on earth."" " https://lnkd.in/eEG7JS3 http://www.rense.com/ufo6/live.htm View in LinkedIn

QUEEN PHEROMONES. “Social insect workers do not reproduce in the presence of queen pheromones. Candidate queen pheromones in ants, bees, and wasps could be identified because they were molecules that all queens in a species shared and which workers produced little of.” https://lnkd.in/drx5_4e View in LinkedIn

POWER OF ALL BRAINS ON EARTH. "By the year 2020, your $1,000 personal computer will have the processing power of the human brain-20 million billion calculations per second (100 billion neurons times 1,000 connections per neuron times 200 calculations per second per connection). By 2030, it will take a village of human brains to match a $1,000 computer. By 2050, $1,000 worth of computing will equal the processing power of all human brains on earth."" " https://lnkd.in/eEG7JS3 View in LinkedIn

KIN AND FAMILY. “Examples abound, from a mother sheep distinguishing her lambs from others, a monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) recognizing its partner by smell, or, in many species, avoiding close kin when choosing a mate. Similarly, in social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites, the differences in chemical profile between colonies allow animals to distinguish nest-mates and non-nest-mate conspecifics.” https://lnkd.in/drx5_4e View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on the topic of pheromones. The types of chemical signals, the receptors, and their exploitation by predatory agents is covered. These are universal systems in nature, and often overlay other forms of communication. They are diverse, complex, and tailored messages primarily related to kin, caste and reproduction. That said, we are only at the beginning of uncovering this fascinating story, View in LinkedIn