John Campbell, the science fiction writer, once challenged his peers with “Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man.” In this case a computer thought as well as a human, but interpreted physics differently and, according to Fiona MacDonald, those rules appear just as sound as those established by Newton and company centuries ago. Just different. Read on for a senseawunda from this startling development. (CS)
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