Glen said (I think it was glen) "It's just like folding a piece of paper. Someone hands you a piece of paper and you fold it into an origami swan. Did you _discover_ the swan? Or did you invent the swan?"
And Nick replies ... You all know by now how I feel about metaphors. Nick thinks being serious about metaphors is REALLY IMPORTANT <==rude shouting! So, when I say what I am about to say, I am not just nit-picking. I hope. Isnt the metaphor backwards? Given the uniqueness of the solution, isnt it more like you had been handed the swan and "discovered" that it was just a square piece of paper? n Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
