I still don't understand what you're getting at. let's try again. You said,
I don't consider [biology] physics. Would you tell me why that is important. Biology isn't physics. Is the fact that you don't consider it physics a criticism of biology? Are you saying biology should be physics? I'm missing the point. However, I don't know enough about meteorology and geology to have a strong opinion. It seems that even if they're not reducible, yet, they soon will be. At some level everything is reducible. (You may find it strange that I say that, but I'm actually a reductionist. What I think is missing about reductionism is the reality of higher level entities. But let's get back to what you are saying.) Given that everything is reducible, then what? Economics is ultimately reducible. One can trace everything that happens in the realm of economics (or any other realm) to fundamental forces and particles. Paper money is made of atoms and molecules. Electronic transmissions are based on physics. But so what? It seems impossible to express economic laws in terms of fundamental physics. Economic concepts just don't exist at the level of fundamental physics. The same is true of biology. There is no concept of evolution--in the Darwinian sense--at the level of fundamental physics. This issue was illustrated by an early paper by Fodor who asked how one can explicate Gresham's law (bad money drives out good) in terms of particle physics. So what are you suggesting be done? Or am I still missing your point? -- RussA On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM, glen e. p. ropella < [email protected]> wrote: > Thus spake Marcus G. Daniels circa 09-09-22 10:52 AM: > > Wouldn't conversations about synchronicity be more fun anyway? :-) > > Mos def. > > ============================================================ > 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 >
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