I think he was talking about the stimulus-response behavior that many creatures exhibit. Even my cat does this quite often--"I'm hungry; get food.", "I'm tired; go to sleep.", "Big, scary dog; run away!" This sort of behavior can be easily modeled using analog parts.
My cat would probably be a little tough to build without a microprocessor, but a beatle would be (relatively) easy.
It seems that the main reason this happens is that the synchronus movement causes less vibration in the system as a whole, and therefore conserves more energy. A path-of-least-resistance sort of thing.
Perhaps there's a physics major out there who could explain better...
Engineers are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
Libral Arts graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
Computer Science graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
History graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
A good company (to work for) will dispense with the notion of hiring managers based on the degree he/she possesses, and pick then educate their own managers from their own ranks. Managers are typically much more competent, and the managees are more likely to respect a person who started off on "the ground floor" like everyone else.
Not all societies find this icky. I've read (I don't know where off-hand) that humans used to pre-chew food for babies, and then spit it directly into the tikes' mouths. Some anthropologists believe that this is where the act of kissing comes from.
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I think he was talking about the stimulus-response behavior that many creatures exhibit. Even my cat does this quite often--"I'm hungry; get food.", "I'm tired; go to sleep.", "Big, scary dog; run away!" This sort of behavior can be easily modeled using analog parts.
My cat would probably be a little tough to build without a microprocessor, but a beatle would be (relatively) easy.
It seems that the main reason this happens is that the synchronus movement causes less vibration in the system as a whole, and therefore conserves more energy. A path-of-least-resistance sort of thing.
Perhaps there's a physics major out there who could explain better...
http://www.sciencenews.org/20001007/mathtrek.asp
Engineers are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
Libral Arts graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
Computer Science graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
History graduates are not supposed to manage people, nor do they have the proper education to do so.
A good company (to work for) will dispense with the notion of hiring managers based on the degree he/she possesses, and pick then educate their own managers from their own ranks. Managers are typically much more competent, and the managees are more likely to respect a person who started off on "the ground floor" like everyone else.
Not all societies find this icky. I've read (I don't know where off-hand) that humans used to pre-chew food for babies, and then spit it directly into the tikes' mouths. Some anthropologists believe that this is where the act of kissing comes from.