xanthian@zorch.sf-bay.org (Kent Paul Dolan) (03/13/91)
In comp.theory.cell-automata, among others, callahan@newton.cs.jhu.edu.UUCP (Paul Callahan) writes: [in concluding a long article glossing a possible construction of a 1-D cell automaton using Life tools:] > Of course, all of this is merely a question of filling in the details > of proofs that are generally agreed upon. Besides the simple pleasure > of building a machine and watching it click and whir, there may be > little merit to such activity. Quite to the contrary; you are solving in the abstract exactly the very hard problems that will have to be overcome concretely in creating the tools and methods of nanotechnology constructors and other machines. This extremely cerebral and fun time-filler may someday be a part of the framework on which the next human revolution is based. This is the wrong time to get all modest about what you are doing. ;-) Kent, the man from xanth. <xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>