Harry Did you notice that there is a kind of deep irony about "The Game or Life" and the virus itself (any virus) on several levels, including the life and death of Conway? The virus, in general, like a cellular automaton in a computer applet, is not "alive" in the normal sense but nevertheless can function and evolve in the same way that complex life does - for its own survival. There is no free will unless the choice can enhance survival. If chemistry alone can present the outward appearance of discretion and intent - there is almost no doubt that AI will evolve on its own to become "conscious." Consciousness is the emergent property of free will.
H LV wrote: > I have misunderstood John Conway. He actually makes a distinction between > randomness and quantum mechanics. He thinks quantum mechanics is compatible > with free choice as long as particles have free choice as well .
