In a message dated 9/12/2000 2:07:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
SZYGMUNT@EXODUS.VALPO.EDU writes:
<< Thus, mechanical devices with such "backup systems" seem to me
to be inherently less simple that those without such systems; yet
they also seem to be more highly designed (although I admit it is
hard to conceive of a quantitative index for "degree of design").
It's not a very large leap from the human design concept of multiple
redundancy and the systems that employ this concept to the kinds of biological
systems that contain various "error-checking" mechanisms.
>>
It almost sounds un-IC like. IC systems are such that removing a single part
will result in the system stopping to function. Would a designer not have
worked on some backup mechanisms instead?
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