[DM] Good. Equally great new concepts can and do come from outside of science. Was not Bohr inspired by Kierkegaard? You might even therefore say religion funnily enough. I suspect the most radical changes to concepts are most likely to be found in the most unlikely and distant places. Darwin took his ideas from economic theory, etc etc.
[Krimel] Yes, as Pirsig was inspired by K.C and the Sunshine Band. But I did not realize the Darwin was influenced by Adam Smith. I have noticed the similarity but for whatever reason assumed the influence ran the other way. OK so I obviously had not thought it through but as always inspired be to think harder and I ran across this from Wealth of Nation: "By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry [every individual] intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it." Odd that our resident Randians are so down on evolution and the effects of chance. The invisible hands sure sounds like a strange attractor to me. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
