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Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making

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Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making
> http://phys.org/news/2015-08-iron-bar-capable-decision-making.html

> (Phys.org)—Decision-making—the ability to choose one path out of
> several options—is generally considered a cognitive ability possessed
> by biological systems, but not by physical objects. Now in a new
> study, researchers have shown that any rigid physical (i.e.,
> non-living) object, such as an iron bar, is capable of
> decision-making by gaining information from its surroundings
> accompanied by physical fluctuations.

> The researchers, Song-Ju Kim, Masashi Aono, and Etsushi Nameda, from
> institutions in Japan, have published their paper on decision-making
> by physical objects in a recent issue of the New Journal of Physics.


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Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 20:48 -0500
  Re: Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-30 21:56 -0500
  Re: Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-31 02:42 +0000
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