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Asunto: [Fis] replying to Kevin and to Joseph
Fecha: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:14:50 -0700
De: Guy A Hoelzer <hoel...@unr.edu>
Para: Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez <pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>
CC: Stanley N. Salthe <ssal...@binghamton.edu>
Stan et al.,
I certainly understand that the meaning of a bit of information would
typically change as it percolates across levels of organization. Higher
level entities are, indeed, different entities from their lower level
components; hence, they were have independent perceptions. I also
understand how information can be transformed as it passes between
levels. Your example is a good one. However, I do not see why
information must universally be transformed when it crosses levels of
organization. Why couldn’t there be instances where information is
passed between levels without ‘mediation’?
Cheers,
Guy
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