Platt The universe exhibits purpose in every bug that crawls, every bird that flies and everyone who posts to moq_discuss. It seems never to occur to those who are enamored of a materialistic worldview that they were created by the universe, are part and parcel of it, and exhibit purpose with every breath they take.
[Krimel] What I have said is that living things may exhibit "purpose" and "intent" these are properties that emerge for extended networks of feedback systems inherent in living things. Living things have increasing ability to use the past to influence the present. That is what a feedback system does. Purpose and intent are products of increasingly sophisticated feedback systems. But what generates the increase in complexity here and now is the constant influx of solar energy. My ongoing point is that purpose emerges from the bottom up; it is not about some higher purpose of the universe filtering and fading down to us. 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/
