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More complexity in the press

Robert Holmes
And this from Stuart Kauffman in the current New Scientist:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19826556.000-perspectives-why-humanity-needs-a-god-of-creativity.html

I must confess to being a little disappointed in this article - once again,
it's got the Aunt Sally figure of the ultra-reductionist physicist who
believes that everything from love to wars to economics can be reduced to
interactions between sub-atomic particles. Does anyone actually know of such
a being? And is it possible to actually find these sort of claims in the
literature?

Robert

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More complexity in the press

Carl Tollander
Depends on the sub-atomic particles.   I'm in the midst of his latest
book (simultaneous with Rigden's 'Hydrogen'), and have vowed to finish
it sometime.  It looks like biologists can indulge in teleological
arguments, but physicists (and, heaven forfend, mathematicians) may
not.  One wonders what http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qfwfq would say/has
said?   Stu inspires me to go back and reread the Calvino.  Alas, it's
in a box in the Garage somewhere (*sigh*).

Carl

Robert Holmes wrote:

> And this from Stuart Kauffman in the current New Scientist:
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19826556.000-perspectives-why-humanity-needs-a-god-of-creativity.html
>
> I must confess to being a little disappointed in this article - once
> again, it's got the Aunt Sally figure of the ultra-reductionist
> physicist who believes that everything from love to wars to economics
> can be reduced to interactions between sub-atomic particles. Does
> anyone actually know of such a being? And is it possible to actually
> find these sort of claims in the literature?
>
> Robert
>
> --
> Cycling 100 miles to raise $4500 - support me in raising money for the
> Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Please donate at
> http://www.active.com/donate/tntnmep/robertholmes
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