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by ThrowawayR2 137 days ago
"lightweight probe" and "self replicates" don't go together. Nanobots are just as much fantasy physics as FTL is.
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Nanobots are fantasy? Nobody told your cells or bacteria I guess. We have an existence proof right there.
Show us how to build machines, create factories, mines, chip fabs, etc., smelt steel, and so forth out of those bacteria and cells and you might have a point.