Victoria Hughes wrote circa 10-03-31 09:29 PM:
How can you identify in the moment which aberrations will lead to
evolution, versus which aberrations will lead to atrophy?
It's not clear to me that there's a difference between evolution and
atrophy. It seems to me that atrophy is just one of
Pardon me, but I couldn't help overhearing (i.e., randomly butting in):
Evolution is never visible 'in the moment', evolution is one type of change
over time. This whole thing where you think you can see a new organism born and
say see, look at that, THAT is evolution is crazy talk... no matter
Hi Glen
The reason my points were phrased that way was due to the subject of this
thread.
The vs. paints holism / reductionism as a black vs white fight, whereas
there is a
whole spectrum (and not only of grays) in between (and beyond) not
necessarily in
coonflict (Ebony and Ivory ..).
Just FYI,
sarbajit roy wrote circa 10-04-01 12:21 PM:
The reason my points were phrased that way was due to the subject of
this thread. The vs. paints holism / reductionism as a black vs
white fight, whereas there is a whole spectrum (and not only of
grays) in between (and beyond) not necessarily in
You make some interesting points; but they're phrased in a way that
makes it difficult to respond. I'll just tick off a few things I think
stand out.
I don't think it's very easy to justify the assertion that any given
biological system is non-computable. It seems to me that such a
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] holism vs. reductionism, again
You make some interesting points; but they're phrased in a way that
makes it difficult to respond. I'll just tick off a few things I think
stand out.
I don't think it's very easy to justify the assertion that any given
biological system is non
Allright you all-
Although chiming in without having read the entire thread is probably
an error with you all, re Vladimyr's intriguing comments below:
I agree completely, although I do not see this as an uncomfortable
conclusion. I see it as less hubristic and more integrated. Must be my
So what do we really mean when we say that systems biology is holistic?
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1752-0509/4/22
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