Quite a few of us on the list worked for Stu at BiosGroup a decade ago. I was just a software geek there (not a scientist), so I'm not qualified to criticize the veracity of his ideas, but I will say that he has an amazing charisma and made many of us True Believers. "Rock Star" doesn't seem quite right, but he did manage to inspire a lot of us with a cheerful but humble confidence. Maybe "demigod" would be more like it. Of course, the fact that it was a startup and we all had visions of IPOs (sadly never happened) dancing in our heads probably added to his appeal.
;; Gary On Mar 25, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Kaufman also neglects Prigogine in his books. >> >> Curt >> >> Glen wrote: >> >> > Stu Kauffman on the varieties of laws and entailments. >> >> Wow, seriously? A paper on the exact same subject as Robert Rosen's big >> works and not a single citation of Rosen, even to call him wrong? What >> am I missing? > Have you *met* Stu? My experience is that he does not reference his sources > very thoroughly (even to dismiss them). He's a rock star (in his own > mind)... does Mick Jagger acknowledge his influences (I actually don't know)?
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