Mike Smith said:

>Don't worry Shane - when you get right down to it, we are all just
>pieces of code (fairly complex ones, too) - from our DNA down to our
>snappy little synapses and neurons.

Ho hum - here we go again. "We are all just pieces of code". How many [OT]
messages will this invoke concerning the nature of conciousness and whether
or not algorithmically-based systems can be aware of their own existence? No
more than this one, I hope. Just read the Penrose books.

Andy W.