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Tyler Mills commented on idea #4041.
#4041·Tyler MillsOP revised 1 day agoWhat is the distinction between replication and self-replication?
The distinction is where the knowledge for performing the replication is physically located.
Replication is: an entity in an environment being recreated or copied because of the environment (which can include the entity, as in the case of self-replication). The general case.
Self-replication is the special case of replication where: an entity is replicated as caused by aspects of itself alone. The knowledge for its replication is within it.