On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:28:29PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Another way of saying this is that all systems have emergent properties: > i.e., properties that arise from the *internal* arrangement or ordering of > their parts.
I disagree. A model of 0 or 1 part does not have any emergent properties. A model of 2 parts is borderline - the gap between the two parts is a resultant emergent property. Probably any model with at least 3 parts can have meaningful emergent properties, but maybe someone can prove me wrong on this with a counterexample. I know of no theorem proving it. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ 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
