Hi Russell,
I think if autopoeisis has failed to achieve some practical measure,
it is a reflection of how under-developed our collective toolbox is
for working with complexity and holistic systems in general. Imaginary
numbers are a good example of an idea whose practical measure didn't
emerge
Hi Terren Suydam
You needn't agree with me. I respect that.
It wasn't really a thought process, I
just couldn't find anything to hold on to,
something that works, and I am a pragmatist.
Hence my use of the term mind-boggling.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net
10/15/2012
Forever is a long
Whilst I agree with Terren that autopoesis is an important part of
what it is to be alive, it is not a very practical thing to measure. I
wouldn't know if my artificial life simulations were autopoetic or
not, except where the concept has been explicitly designed in (eg see
Barry McMullin's
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