Dear FISers,
The message below tells that the List has to follow the recent European
Law on Data Protection. It means that everyone has to confirm and give
explicit consent to participate in the list. I understand that today or
during next days you will receive a confirmation message (probably
Sorry Sung, you know about the rules of engagement in this list... you
have gone to 5 msgs. And that means one and half weeks of sanction. Even
more after having warned you privately several times.
Anyhow, tomorrow I will make public an embarrassing bureaucratic
procedure that the list has to su
Participants are reminded about the limit of two messages per
week--those not abiding are sanctioned offline.
Best--Pedro
-
Pedro C. Marijuán
Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group
pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es
http://sites.google.com/site
Dear FIS Colleagues,
A very interesting discussion theme has been proposed by Mark Burgin
--he will post at his early convenience.
Thanks are due to Alberto for his "dataism" piece. Quite probably we
will need to revisit that theme, as it is gaining increasing momentum in
present "information
Thanks Plamen, very interesting references and comments. There are many
new avenues opening around data, from nasty ones (recent politics) to
the economic, biomedical and scientific in general. It is a very
important "information" theme of our time. Perhaps I disagree that deep
learning could n
that way that the true
nature of Nature can be fully understood. As for smaller increments,
the work of Daniel Fels on electromagnetic communication between cells
may hold the answer
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793142/).
Best, John
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:41 A
a recent paper, entitled "From Cholesterol to
Consciousness" (see attached) so I look forward to reading your
comments about that idea as well, since it has the potential to fully
integrate physics and biology in my humble opinion.
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 4:01 AM, Pedro C. Marijuan
mail
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] Summing up: New Year Lecture
Fecha: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:02:42 -0800
De: JOHN TORDAY
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FISers, I greatly appreciate Pedro's comments regarding my New Year
Lecture. I fully agree with his co
Dear FISers,
Going to the extreme, I think this year opening lecture can be
summarized in three contentious points.
1. That life's physiology is based on the conjunction of a few
principles: neguentropy, chemiosmosis, and homeostasis-homeorhesis.
2. That communication (cell signaling) is an
Dear FISers, this Conference in Code Biology may be of interest to
some parties. It will be in beautiful Granada (Spain), next June.
Although the deadline for abstract submission is too close, there would
be a longer term if requested to the organizers.
I hpe to see you there. Best--Pedro
--
Dear Soeren and Colleagues,
The symbiogenesis theme (Margulis' endosymbiotic theory) is one of the
aspects to reconsider/reenter into the basically evo-info (if I may say)
novissima synthesis. Margulis views were received in the 70's and 80's
with tremendous hostility from the Neo-Darwinian o
Given that the archive system does not preserve the attached files,
I include herewith the whole text of the NY Lecture
Best--Pedro
---
New Year Essay for FIS
*Reflections on
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Herewith the customary Christmas scene at El Pilar Basilica of Zaragoza.
It is a really beautiful place that you should visit... I promise not to
be a bad amphitryon ;)
As for the next sessions, we will have the traditional New Year Lecture,
and then another two sessions
by biological
evolution)3
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
All the best.
Sung
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*From:* Fis on behalf of John Prpic
*Sent:* Friday, December 15, 2017 1:30 PM
*To:* Pedro C. Marijuan
*Cc:* fis
*Subject:* Re: [Fis] Social Inf
1/journal.pone.0189568
*The 'sociotype' construct: Gauging the**
**structure and dynamics of human sociality*
Pedro C. Marijuan, Jesus Montero-Marin, Jorge Navarro, Javier Garcia-
Campayo, Raquel del Moral
Exploring the pertinence of a "sociotype" construct, established al
arely used in the
works of Genetics. After Molecular Genetics, or after Crick's "central
dogma", in Genetics research, many places used to use "gene" were
replaced by "information". Do you think is it feasible to replace all
"gene" with "information
Dear FISers,
The recent message by Sung (& Karl), and a previous one by John T. make
me the impression that what they are considering becomes closer to a
meta-science of information rather than to the nucleus of a possible
information science discipline. Sung's and John's views are widely
dif
Message from Sungchul Ji
It was too heavy for the list server. You can see the complete version at:
http://fis.sciforum.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/11/Sung_informatics-of-DNA.pdf
--
Dear All,
Herewith some notes on the exchanges of past weeks (sorry, I was away in
bureaucratic tasks).
1. Agents & Information. There were very good insights exchanged;
probably both terms make a fertile marriage. Actually I have been
writing about "informational entities" or "subjects" as
Dear Loet and colleagues,
One of the advantages of a new discipline is the simplification of
discourse, the creation of a new space where you can easily build new
knowledge without copious management of other unnecessary,
circumstantial ideas. I have already quoted in this list the famous
quo
(Message from John Torday --Note: neither the list nor the server do
accept attachments)
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] Verification of the Principle of Information Science
Fecha: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 06:45:07 -0700
De: JOHN TORDAY
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear All,
After Xueshan clarion call, I partially change what I was writing. Of
course I have to thank him for his support of the 10 principles.
Actually, in connection with the recent exchanges, particularly with
Gordana's and John (Torday) posts, I was working in some ideas further
related
Dear Arturo and colleagues,
I think that relating information to free energy can be a good idea. I
am not sure whether the expressions derived from Gibbs free energy
(below) have sufficient generality; at least they work very well for
chemical reactions. And it is in the biomolecular (chemical
/non- or natural computationalism;
information as a physical /reality/ and a non-physical /appearance/.
I look forward with great interest to the lines of development of
this thread.
Best wishes,
Joseph
- Original Message -
*From:* Pedro C. Marijuan &l
Dear FIS Colleagues,
There is no problem with heretics in this list. They are very welcome as
they make us think on our favorite ideas in a different way or even from
an opposed angle. We must always maintain the scholarly tone, that's the
only condition! (well, apart from the "two messages pe
Dear FISers,
I also agree with Ji and John Torday about the tight relationship
between information and communication. Actually Principle 5 was stating
: "Communication/information exchanges among adaptive life-cycles
underlie the complexity of biological organizations at all scales."
However,
9/2017 a las 17:46, Michel Godron escribió:
My remarks are written in red
Bien reçu votre message. MERCI. Cordialement. M. Godron
Le 20/09/2017 à 13:54, Pedro C. Marijuan a écrit :
Dear FISers,
Many thanks for all the comments and criticisms. Beyond concrete
agreements/disagreements the discus
nally for the ethical goals of our new science efforts, as
Joseph has commented (principle 10).
Best whishes to all
--Pedro
The El 19/09/2017 a las 11:30, Pedro C. Marijuan escribió:
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] PRINCIPLES OF IS
Fecha: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:21:51
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] PRINCIPLES OF IS
Fecha: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:21:51 +0200
De: Rafael Capurro
Responder a:raf...@capurro.de
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Pedro,
a short comment to your intro to the 10 principles: I very much agree
with
Dear FIS Colleagues,
As promised herewith the "10 principles of information science". A
couple of previous comments may be in order.
First, what is in general the role of principles in science? I was
motivated by the unfinished work of philosopher Ortega y Gasset, "The
idea of principle in Lei
Dear FIS Colleagues,
The leisure time of vacations is over and it would be time to reassume
the list exchanges. There were several interesting sessions which had
been planned for this new course, but unfortunately none of them seems
possible in a short term. In order that these "dry" months --
Dear FIS colleagues,
herewith an interesting announcement from Jean-Yves Beziau.
Next week I will send some comments to start our discussions...
Best postvacational greetings!
--Pedro
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: CFP - 6th WORLD CONGRESS ON UNIVERSAL LOGIC - Vichy, June 20
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: THANK YOU FOR IS4SI GÖTEBORG & POST-SUMMIT MATTERS
Fecha: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 09:11:51 +0200
De: i...@sciforum.net
Responder a:do...@chalmers.se
Para: gordana.dodig-crnko...@chalmers.se
DIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
Dear C
Dear FIS Colleagues,
The Third IS4SI Conference, and at the same time the Seventh of FIS, in
Gothenburg 2017 is over. Many thanks to our colleague Gordana and the
organization team around her for making possible the event. It was a
very fine experience indeed. Like in Vienna 2015, there were m
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Thanks to SUNGCHUL JI for his presentation on Planckian information.
Indeed this is a new conceptualization to enter in our common stock of
informational approaches.
Quite many people of this list are making their plans for the gathering
in Gotheburg.
Specifically, the F
: Sungchul Ji
CC: Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Sungchul,
Your point is well taken, but it only applies to digital information.
The information states that I have discovered for Experience Information
do not work on digital information, which requires a physical system at
stability,
obeying the usual
Dear Sung and FIS Colleagues,
We have barely discussed the new notion of Planckian information and the
amazing variety of self-organization processes that abide by it. It is a
pity for I think it is a relevant conceptualization that can contribute
to new developments in our field. Thank you, S
(From Nikhil Joshi)
Asunto: A kind request to spread the word- a rare opportunity for
"big-picture" researchers, post-docs & graduate students!!
Fecha: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 10:57:53 +0530
De: Nikhil Joshi
Para: fis
CC: Nikhil Joshi , ravi. bhatia lifel. org
, Pedro C. Mari
Dear Hector and colleagues,
I have found very interesting your message. It has reminded me in
another level the problems we have in this list to keep focused
discussions particularly regarding disciplinary (non philosophical, non
general) matters. Most people in the list pay lip tribute to
mu
To ALL discussants:
Please, take into account that posting in this list is restricted to two
messages per week. It is the Second Rule of our info club...
Best--Pedro
Fis List moderator
El 30/03/2017 a las 11:12, John Collier escribió:
Dear Hector,
Personally I agree that algorithmic inform
Dear FISers,
quite many things have been said these days about our "family ghosts".
Everyone has a different opinion on the under-information matter, and
maybe that's healthy. Personally I have not changed very much the vision
with which FIS was started many years ago. See in the descriptive t
Note: what follows is an abbreviated text taken from the presentation.
The whole file, too big for our list, can be found at fis web pages:
http://fis.sciforum.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/11/Planckian_information.pdf
A very recent article developing similar ideas:
http://www.mdpi.com/2078
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Almost on the eve of the Göteborg summit IS4SI 2017, with a FIS
conference there (http://is4si-2017.org/program/conferences/fis-2017/),
it may be a good idea to re-ignite our discussions with a very enticing
topic: the proposal of a specific type of information with wides
Dear Pedro, dear Jerry, dear List,
On 07 Mar 2017, at 04:36, Jerry LR Chandler wrote:
de Chardin has also cast a long and durable shadow over my mind for
decades for decades. His writings both provides some guidance on the
form of time and opens rich questions that bring fruit.
While I
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] WHY WE ARE HERE? ...AN UNPLEASANT ANSWER?!
Fecha: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 21:36:55 -0600
De: Jerry LR Chandler
Para: fis Webinar
CC: Pedro Marijuan , Bruno Marchal
Bruno, List:
de Chardin has also cast a long and durable shado
Dear Arturo and colleagues,
Very interesting piece, indeed. It has strongly reminded me Teilhard de
Chardin's views on the Omega Point of cosmic maximal
complexity--although this was for him not a pessimistic outcome but a
brilliant and up-beating prospect for all humankind. His eclectic views
Dear Howard,
In any extent, your beautiful questions are beyond my reach. I think
that the physical characterization of life cannot even provide a whim on
your demands; but something of the informational might provide some
limited inroads: prokaryots could not achieve any significant progress
Dear Marcus and Colleagues,
Thanks for your interest. The Chengdu's Conference represented for me an
occasion to return to my beginnings, in the 80's, when I prepared a PhD
Thesis: "Natural Intelligence: On the evolution of biological
information processing". It was mostly following a top down
Dear FISers,
After the Lecture, Many Thanks to Otto, for bringing us that Curious
Story... let us hope that an outcome will be found, as Jerry stated: "I
see this “curious” behavior as a political problem that can be addressed
by seeking a political solution that respects scientific traditions
Dear Pedro and dear Plamen, dear FIS list:
Thank you very much for your kindness.
Can I simply say the following? I call it
"A Confession"
It is beautiful to find oneself in a still existing
theoretical-biological community, as I learned to swim in under the
guidance of my friend Bob Rosen.
nature, many things
may be possible as Smolin suggests. However, I suggest that the domain
of interaction between actual and potential states in our everyday
'grown-up' world also has things to tell us, /e.g./, about
information, that can be looked at more easily.
Best wishes,
Josep
f course)...
Best wishes
--Pedro
lEl 11/01/2017 a las 11:33, Otto E. Rossler escribió:
I like this response from Lou,
Otto
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*From:* Louis H Kauffman
*To:* Pedro C. Marijuan
*Cc:* fis
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 10
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] A Curious Story
Fecha: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 10:36:07 -0600
De: Louis H Kauffman
Para: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ
CC: fis@listas.unizar.es
Dear Pedro,
Ok. Can we have the text of Professor Rossler’s proof that these
m
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] A Curious Story
Fecha: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 10:32:50 +0100
De: Joseph Brenner
Responder a:Joseph Brenner
Para: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ ,
fis@listas.unizar.es
Dear All,
Happy New Year indeed! Let us all 'hope' (her
From Alex Hankey
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] A Curious Story
Fecha: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 19:55:55 +0530
De: Alex Hankey
Para: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ
THIS STORY IS A GOOD REASON FOR SHUTTING DOWN CERN PERMANENTLY AND
SAVING A LOT OF LARGELY WAS
Dear FISers,
The problems with the spam filters continue. My own message with the
Lecture was delayed 3 days.
Further responses by Joseph, Lou, Terry and others have not appeared yet.
I am talking with the University of Zaragoza officers in charge of the
server...
It is appalling that we have
Dear FIS Colleagues,
As is customary in this list, let me wish all of you Merry Xmas and a
Happy New Year.
Herewith a Nativity Scene taken from "El Pilar" Cathedral in Zaragozal.
As is customary too, the NEW YEAR LECTURE will be announced in a few days.
All the best--Pedro
NATIVITY SCENE
Dear Arturo and FISers,
The last paragraphs of your chess game, pretty exciting, remind me
strongly on the role that I have been attributing to cellular signaling
systems, and the radical difference they have with metabolic cellular
networks, although finally both are interrelated into the adv
Dear Arturo and FISers
We will forgive your life! Some other people in this list also have
strong reservations to a single, canonical approach to information,
either from Shannon, Boltzmann, or Fisher backgrounds. In my case,
mostly biologically and socially grounded ("sociotype"), I see a co
(sorry, the problems continue, seemingly, and I have to re-enter the
messages--Pedro)
---
Dear Jerry,
Thanks for the intriguing questions!
I thank our guest, Pedro Marijuan,
Asunto: [Fis] NEW DISCUSSION SESSION--TOPOLOGICAL BRAIN
Fecha: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:46:32 +0100
De: Karl Javorszky
Responder a:karl.javors...@gmail.com
Para: fis
CC: Pedro C. Marijuan , tozziart...@libero.it
Topology
The session so far has raised the points: meta
Dear FIS Colleagues,
The list server has been out of work during last 48 h. Sorry about the
incident. Now it seems to be working again.
Please, all those with pending messages are asked to re-send them...
moderately. As one of our colleagues has written me offline:
"Now regarding the current
Amazon, a catalog ID...
something... anything...
Surely, that should be a minimum requirement for scholarly discourse?
-- Malcolm Dean
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:45:05 +0100
From: "Pedro C. Marijuan" mailto:pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>>
To: "&#x
lcolm Dean
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 17:45:05 +0100
From: "Pedro C. Marijuan" mailto:pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>>
To: "'fis'" mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es>>
Subject: Re: [Fis] NEW DISCUSSION SESSION--TOPOLOGICAL BRAIN
Message
Dear Arturo, James, and FIS Colleagues,
Thanks for the intriguing presentation. Maybe it is difficult to make
sense in depth of these curious topological views applied to nervous
systems function. In an offline exchange with the authors I was arguing
that the countless mappings among cerebral
Dear FIS Colleagues,
We continue with our customary discussion sessions. This time the topic is:
*"A TOPOLOGICAL APPROACH TO BRAIN FUNCTION"*
And our invitees chairing the session are:
*
**Arturo Tozzi*
AA Professor Physics, University North Texas
Pediatrician ASL Na2Nord, Italy
Comput Intell L
f-Consciousness Through Improvements of
Action Programs (2010). Dissertation, Tucson ...
Best
Christophe
--------
*De :* Fis de la part de Pedro C.
Marijuan
*Envoyé :* jeudi 17 novembre 2016 14:09
*À :* 'fis'
*Objet :*
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Herewith the dropbox link to the Chengdu's presentation on Intelligence
and the Information Flow (as kindly requested by Christophe and Gordana).
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wslnk41c3lquc55/AADpm_U6xuhm6jHK0esyN-29a?dl=0
About the ongoing exchanges on language and meaning,
Dear Mark and FIS colleagues,
It was a pity that our previous replies just crossed in time, otherwise
I would have continued along your thinking lines. However, your
alternative focus on who has access to the "Brownian chamber motion" is
pretty exciting too.
Following our FIS colleague Howar
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: Scientific communication
Fecha: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:07:25 +0100
De: Mark Johnson
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan , fis
---
Dear Pedro,
Thank you for bringing this pback down to earth again. I
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] Scientific communication (from Mark)
Fecha: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:04:06 +0100
De: Mark Johnson
Para: fis , Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Karl, Loet and Bruno,
On reflection, I had been thinking this discussion about scientific
Dear Mark and FIS Colleagues,
Apart from the very interesting "elevated" comments, let me refer to
more mundane aspects of scientific communication.
First, is really publishing the essential form of scientific
communication? Or is it complementary to other more basic form? My bet
is that ora
Dear Mark and Colleagues,
Thanks for the well crafted work. Actually you have presented us a
tightly linked work along perspectives of philosophical, historical, and
present day criticisms stances. For my taste, Sections 1 and 2 are a
matter of opinion, of philosophical orientation, closer in
Asunto: [Fis] NEW COURSE: NEW DISCUSSION SESSION
Fecha: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:13:39 +0200
De: Pedro C. Marijuan
Para: 'fis'
Dear FIS Colleagues,
We start the 2016-2017 course, and as usual during quite a few years we
continue with the discussion sessions. Th
Dear FIS Colleagues,
We start the 2016-2017 course, and as usual during quite a few years we
continue with the discussion sessions. The next one will deal with the
theme of SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION (& PUBLISHING), and will be chaired by
our colleague *Mark Johnson*, who is is Knight Professor
Dear Joseph,
I finally went through that video, in part stimulated by your critical
comments. My impression, particularly at the beginning of the talk, was
positive: that the fundamental physical reality might partake of a
similar organization to life is quite congruent with the "informational
Dear FIS Colleagues,
I think this new book to appear celebrating our colleague Rafael Capurro
can be of interest.
Best--Pedro
--
New book to be published by Springer in July 2016.
/Information
Dear FIS Colleagues,
We are entering in the vacation season, after a tough series of
discussion sessions in a row. Perhaps it is time to put an end to the
ongoing session and take a rest. Thanks to Marcus for the work done and
the ideas discussed, and to all the presenters during this long per
ta della "Nuova economia". Le pagine
120-130 di "Valore e valutazioni" (FrancoAngeli, Milano, 1999) ne sono
una testimonianza.
Grazie e buone vacanze a Te e a Tutti.
Francesco
2016-07-07 13:53 GMT+02:00 Pedro C. Marijuan
mailto:pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>>:
Dear FISers,
[NOTE: I have just seen the new post from Marcus right now: I should
modify parts of the discussion below, but it is too much work! Better
left for a future exchange...]
About the a priori modeling of information --and meaning-- which was the
focus of Marcus' presentation, putti
Asunto: Re: [Fis] [SPAM] Shannonian Mechanics?
Fecha: Sat, 2 Jul 2016 11:17:02 +0200
De: Michel Godron
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan
in red
Cordialement. M. Godron
Le 01/07/2016 à 13:59, Pedro C. Marijuan a écrit :
Dear Marcus and FIS Colleagues,
You are right in your complaint
Dear Marcus and FIS Colleagues,
You are right in your complaint. We have been saying very similar things
concerning information generation--and also in your symbolic
introduction of Darwin in your scheme concerning that series of
complementary questions. Sorry for being so brief but I need som
Dear Marcus, Loet, Bob... and All,
Again very briefly, your exchanges make clear the limits of the received
Shannonian approach and the (narrow?) corridors left for advancement. I
find this situation highly reminiscent of what happened with Mechanics
long ago: an excellent theory (but of limit
Dear Marcus and All,
As usual I find a crucial element missing in both your initial text and
in the responses up to now. How can I express that abscence in two or
three lines?
"Agency" is missing. It is factually minimized under the form of
constraints and uncertainty. Communication occurs bec
Dear FIS Colleagues,
After the phenomenological turn, we reassume our customary discussion
sessions. The present one corresponds to Marcus Abundis, on "A PRIORI
MODELING OF INFORMATION". It is based on, and continues with, the
presentation he made in the past FIS & ISIS Conference in Vienna la
Dear FIS Colleagues,
It is time to conclude a long session on phenomenology, information and
the life sciences. First of all, we should thank Maxine, Lou, Soeren,
Alex, and Plamen for their time and dedication in conducting the
discussion sessions. The contact with phenomenology from the point
ngineer **James Kirkpatrick
(2009) and also del Moral et al., (2011).*
El 02/06/2016 a las 13:20, Pedro C. Marijuan escribió:
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Robert E. Ulanowicz
wrote:
> Dear Bob,
>
> thank you for your response. What you said in the core -
het
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] Cancer Cure?
Fecha: Tue, 31 May 2016 19:54:05 +0200
De: Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
Para: Robert Ulanowicz
CC: Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Bob and All,
it is a compliment for me to read your notes on the subject. You don&#
Mensaje reenviado
Asunto: Re: [Fis] Cancer Cure?
Fecha: Tue, 31 May 2016 12:54:20 -0400
De: Robert E. Ulanowicz
Responder a:u...@umces.edu
Para: Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
CC: Robert Ulanowicz , Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Bob,
thank you for your response
Dear Plamen and FIS Colleagues,
Finally I could find some spare time for the paper you mentioned. It is
very interesting. The analysis of hydrophobic profiles for proteins
shows rather unexpectedly a power law (self similar) scaling--self
organized criticality (SOC). How much hydrophobic the p
Dear Plamen,
Thanks for the synthetic attempt. You have put together pretty complex
strands of thought that become too demanding for a general response. I
will concentrate in a few points.
What is Medicine? In what extent is it amenable to "integration"? Is
reductionism an anathema in medici
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Thanks are due to Alex Hankey for his contribution. Now we are moving
toward the end of this trip on Phenomenology, Life, and Infomation
Science. As stated, the closing turn and the final reflections
correspond to:
*- Plamen L. Simeonov:* with a challenging subject in in
Dear FIS Colleagues,
Some parties have doubts on how to count the two messages per week --the
maximum allowed in this list except for the discussion chair, which
currently is Alex. Following the international business week, the count
starts on Monday and obviously ends on Sunday night. Not abi
Dear Alex and colleagues,
Thanks for the opportunity to ad a few lines on signaling matters. I
would not discard any organizational aspect of signaling pathways. I
have put below a diagram that approaches the dynamics of some major
ones.Your analogy with mobile phones would be right, provided
Dear Alex and FIS colleagues,
Thanks for your "adventures in knowledge". I found very interesting the
first part of your presentation, about "experiential information", that
critical instabilities may be used in control/communication instances by
biological systems looks acceptable and partial
Dear FIS colleagues,
This is the month of deadlines in my Institute, so I can only draft a
few comments on the past messages.
To Maxine: the action theme is very rich, and very well acquainted and
discussed in last decades neuroscience. Gallistel C.R: with his
magisterial "The Organization o
Dear FIS Colleagues,
A brief note on the variety of exchanges. It is quite intriguing that
fundamental questions on mathematics (geometry/algebra), computation,
quantum mechanics, and biology converge on a pretty similar "information
stuff". Considering the social sciences domain too, where in
Dear FIS Colleagues,
I am attaching herein Soeren's presentation. If you have any trouble
with the attachment, the file is in fis web pages too:
http://fis.sciforum.net/fis-discussion-sessions/
By clicking on Soeren Brier's session (highlighted in red) you can
immediately obtain it.
Nevert
Dear Colleagues,
Some parties have asked about the original text from Louis opening the
session. It can be found at the link:
http://fis.sciforum.net/fis-discussion-sessions/
By clicking on Louis H. Kaufman session (highlighted in red) you can
immediately obtain it.
Besides, we have just r
From Louis H Kauffman I think that we should assess the role of formal tools that are already
in place.
1. We use the accepted (graph-theoretical + geometry) models of
molecules. These models are very powerful and fundamentally simple, but
the complexities of their application in molecular b
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