On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 08:57:08AM -0700, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > > Note that the above is about emergent phenomena, not emergent > properties. I still think the concept of an emergent property is either > useless, self-contradictory, or just confused. >
Eh? What's the difference between a property and a phenomenon? This might explain why we were talking past each other before. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
