Re: emergence

Posted by Owen Densmore on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/emergence-tp3586728p3599945.html

On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
> I think I'll have a Martini, while contemplating this opportunity.
>
> --Doug

Sounds good to me too! Er.. I'll drink to that?

I have to say I'm a bit surprised at the difficulty with emergence.  
Wikipedia has an OK shot at it:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

I think it's simply the appearance within a time varying aggregate  
system of a feature not apparently derived from its components'  
interactions.

    -- Owen


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