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Avogadro's number matters. At 100 atoms/sec, how long will it take to make something larger than a cubic millimeter?


That's where the nanobot idea would come in - divide and conquer <=> replicate and multiply? Somehow a single DNA strand turns into a 3 kg baby in 9 months... so maybe it's possible to make a tiny machine that makes some bigger tiny machines etc. etc.




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