[jvanderbot]

How does a water droplet "know" the path downhill. How does electricity "know" the least resistance path.

All this language is just confusing. In a chemical gradient sense, molds and yeasts solve tough problems all the time, but it's not much more than physics

[whelp_24]

How many simple physics combinations until you get intelligence? Remember that you are made of cells, and everything you do (probably) can be reduced to a group effect of your cells.

[jvanderbot]

Complexity is not magic. It's just a long search for the right combo. In fact we have untold trillions of branching iterations in evolution.

[whelp_24]

This does not answer the question.

[taneq]

If it's more than physics at all, what's the extra bit?

[jvanderbot]

Well, I guess a fancy narrative.

[a_gnostic]

Even that is physics.

[taneq]

The Froghurt is also cursed. Which also is a fancy narrative. It's fancy self-referential narratives all the way down.

(Good point and agreed, but who am I to pass up meme potential. ;)

[jvanderbot]

You used my own point to "gotcha", so I guess that's Hackernews!

[a_gnostic]

A gotcha was not intended. I commented in your support, with mild humor implied.