100%, complete, total unequivocal agreement w/Glen. --Doug
-- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM, glen e. p. ropella < [email protected]> wrote: > Thus spake Nicholas Thompson circa 11/05/2009 05:04 PM: > > I think your rejection of emergence applies only to (2) above.... and > > possibly (4), if we understand "no way" to mean "no way we have thought > of > > yet". But I bet you disagree. > > Naaa. I don't really disagree. I said I TEND to think that emergence > is fictitious. Until I see a definition or construction of it that I > can _use_ to get my work done, it's a useless concept, regardless of > whether it exists or not. I don't frankly care if it exists. What > matters is whether it can be used for some purpose (other than passing > the time arguing with bright people on e-mail lists ;-). > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > >
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