[Platt] Krimel steps into it again. The market consists of producers and consumers acting by choice. According to Krimel's analogy, the world evolves not by chance (oops) but by choice. He's right! He's learning!.
[Arlo] Platt steps into it again. "Choice" by lower level patterns does not translate into "intent" in the emergence of higher level patterns. That single cell organisms respond to DQ biologically- exercise "choice" within the limitations and constraints of their construction- does not mean that the appearance of human bodies was intentional. These are the unintentional consequences of collective activity among individual patterns. As such, they are "AHA!", not "choice". No single cell organism "chose" to make human bodies, just as no single pattern ever "chooses" to build the higher level patterns, these emerge unintentionally from collective activity that has nothing really to do with a "plan" or an "intent" to produce them. The world evolves by "AHA!". [Krimel] Right when we toss a coin a "choice" between heads and tails is made. Calling it a "choice" does not make it any less random. The same is true of "choices" in a market place. The "causes" that contribute to the outcome of these choices, either in the market or in a coin toss, cannot be specified in advance. We can as a matter of public policy implement rules that will influence market activity and that is the right and proper role of government. It is actually in the constitution by the way. 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/
