DM, Static patterns act as resistance to the dynamic flow of energy. In a river it's the rocks. In mating it's incest taboos. In economics it's cost to benefit ratios.
Krimel ------------------------- Krim The analogy works some of the way but is limited, as the valuing, selection & breeding criteria are different. DM ------------------------- > [DM] > Do we not need to understand how patterns emerge, why they persist, why > they > change, how levels emerge,etc? > > [Krimel] > I suspect it has much to do with the consistency of the flow of energy > into the system along the lines of Prigogine. > > [DM] > (NB Darwin's suggestions are a useful subset of what happens > across all the levels, but I object to Darwin's ideas being used > beyond self-replicating reproductive-selective processes, although > a good analogy is a good analogy ) > > [Krimel] > You don't think societies and ideas are "self-replicating > reproductive-selective processes?" > 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/
