> An equation that captures the theory of > the adjacent possible is available.
I have recently been reminded that Quine, in "On What There Is", posed the question (presumably rhetorical and/or tendentious; my reminder came in the form of just the following sentence with attribution but no other context, and I haven't yet been moved to actually look up that context) "How many possible men are there in that doorway?" However many there are, I presume some are more adjacent than others. Perhaps Quine's question should be revived to be about possible girls-next-door. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
