Oh, thanks. Just when I had begun to lose the thread of this conversation.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Robert Cordingley <[email protected]>wrote: > <groan> > Knot to needle you put I think you are throwing pearls before twine. > </groan> > Robert > > Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > Eric, > > I like the example. Thank you. > > Doug > > I stipulate that you don't like this topic. But wait a minute! You > responded to the thread!? That's odd! > > If interested, the reading this week is the aforementioned Bedau. > > Best, > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > Clark University ([email protected]) > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> > *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group<[email protected]> > *Sent:* 9/25/2009 8:22:04 AM > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Inquiry to Emergence Group > > Groan. > > What possible gain will come of trying to add yet more baggage to that > already overloaded, mythical, magical "emergence" word by trying to > force-fit the process of knitting a sweater on to it? > > --Doug > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:08 AM, ERIC P. CHARLES <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> This morning, I saw an interesting emergence problem on a children's >> television show, and thought I would send a query to the group. >> >> As is prone to happen, a character received a knitted sweater, which >> promptly caught on something and began to unravel. By the time they noticed >> it was just one long string. They then followed the string back, ending up >> with a large ball of string. They had the string, which is all the sweater >> was; but of course, they did not in any reasonable sense have "the sweater". >> >> >> I was wondering how the different authors in the book would describe this >> situation. In particular, it would seem natural to say that the string isn't >> the sweater BECAUSE the sweater is "emergent". >> >> Hopefully that example is of interest to more than just me, >> >> Eric >> >> P.S. Look Nick, I maintained your thread dominance request! >> >> = >> > ------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > 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 > > > ============================================================ > 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 > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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