Koichiro, " '. . . The path-dependent history carried by those incumbent elements in the reaction cycle, once stabilized through the successive alternation of the incumbents, must be functional in keeping the cycle in a durable manner."
Is your "reaction cycle" described above different from what Prigogine called "dissipative structure" ? If so, in what way ? All the best. Sung On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Koichiro Matsuno <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:33 AM 05/02/2015, Benjamin Udell wrote: > > > > If there is something like evaluation or appraisal in nonliving things, > things that lack vital interests that the appraisals would reflect, then > such appraisals would seem of a rather lower grade than in living things, > > > > [KM] Ben, you shed light on the difference between physical and chemical > affinity, here. Physical affinity is operative in a manner of > space-mediated attraction like an electrostatic interaction of a > simultaneous nature carrying no memory. In contrast, chemical affinity can > exhibit a time-mediated attraction of a historical nature. The > history-dependent attraction is operative between the those atoms and > molecules visiting a reaction cycle for a while and the prospective > newcomers nearby so as to let the latter enter into the cycle subsequently. > The path-dependent history carried by those incumbent elements in the > reaction cycle, once stabilized through the successive alternation of the > incumbents, must be functional in keeping the cycle in a durable manner. > > > > Koichiro > > > > > > > -- Sungchul Ji, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Rutgers University Piscataway, N.J. 08855 732-445-4701 www.conformon.net
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