[Fis] [Fwd: replying to...]-From Guy Hoelzer
Mensaje original Asunto: [Fis] replying to Kevin and to Joseph Fecha: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:14:50 -0700 De: Guy A Hoelzer hoel...@unr.edu Para: Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es CC: Stanley N. Salthe ssal...@binghamton.edu Stan et al., I certainly understand that the meaning of a bit of information would typically change as it percolates across levels of organization. Higher level entities are, indeed, different entities from their lower level components; hence, they were have independent perceptions. I also understand how information can be transformed as it passes between levels. Your example is a good one. However, I do not see why information must universally be transformed when it crosses levels of organization. Why couldn’t there be instances where information is passed between levels without ‘mediation’? Cheers, Guy -- Dr. Guy A. Hoelzer, Chair Phone: 775-784-4860 Department of Biology, MS 314 Fax: 775-784-1302 University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557 ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
[Fis] [Fwd: replying to...]-From Guy Hoelzer
Mensaje original Asunto: [Fis] replying to Kevin and to Joseph Fecha: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:14:50 -0700 De: Guy A Hoelzer hoel...@unr.edu Para: Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es CC: Stanley N. Salthe ssal...@binghamton.edu Stan et al., I certainly understand that the meaning of a bit of information would typically change as it percolates across levels of organization. Higher level entities are, indeed, different entities from their lower level components; hence, they were have independent perceptions. I also understand how information can be transformed as it passes between levels. Your example is a good one. However, I do not see why information must universally be transformed when it crosses levels of organization. Why couldn’t there be instances where information is passed between levels without ‘mediation’? Cheers, Guy -- Dr. Guy A. Hoelzer, Chair Phone: 775-784-4860 Department of Biology, MS 314 Fax: 775-784-1302 University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557 ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
