16-09-2016, 17:01
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,933
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Re: FRC Robots Aren't Real Robots?
 Just for fun ...
To keep any future debate lively, ask the debaters to find me an "autonomous" machine that isn't operated by something that is alive (biological wetware). I'll be surprised if they are successful. (1)
Someone usually operates (turns on and/or configures) "autonomous" machines.
Once an autonomous machine is configured and activated, in a very real sense it is equivalent to a rock I drop from my hand. (2)
Blake
Note 1: I'm setting aside debating whether any biological wetware machines spontaneously/randomly evolved out of previously inanimate matter.
Note 2: Typical autonomous machines certainly aren't like rocks in *every* way, there are plenty of differences; but in a philosophical debate ...
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