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   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: bjacoby@teranews.com   
      
   On 11/2/2012 11:59 PM, David Dalton wrote:   
   > Do you think there is any chance yet that energy beings   
   > have evolved on or are visiting the Internet, or   
   > that the Internet itself might become conscious?   
   >   
   > In the books of William Gibson I think humans plugged   
   > in to the net but were there also non-human energy   
   > beings that evolved on or visited the net, in his   
   > books?  It has been a while since I read one.   
      
   The important thing to remember is that fiction is always true and fact   
   is always false.   
      
   So how would one calculate the probability that there might be "energy   
   beings"?  Why don't you start by answering the question: How many stars   
   are there in the universe?  And once you have that answer, come back   
   with your question if you need to.   
      
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