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Old 06-09-2009, 11:47 AM   #11 (permalink)
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well if you take his word for it bashar says ai figures heavily into the technology of his civilization, much of which also has characteristics we would consider biological. for instance he's said that the ship he pilots has a consciousness or sentience that, while being its own separate entity, is derived from his own consciousness as well as the collective consciousness of his society.
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