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Owen,
You're surprised? Given this list's demonstrated history of having N definitions for any given buzz-term, where N == the subscribership of this list, X 2, X the day of the week.
Further, given that EMERGENCE is the Holy Grail warm fuzzy of all buzz-terms to have ever been uttered here. Really. Consider: Murrey Gell-Man. SFI. On the Edge of Chaos. Flocking. The Stock Market. The Da Vinci Code.
Ok, that last one was a stretch.
But come on, really. Given the number pure academics who hang out here who have never really done anything (meaning real-world, actually running, in-use, producing results, was paid for by a client and is actually being used for its intended purpose-type application) that could be construed as actually being On The Edge of Complexity, I don't really think that it is all that surprising that such a big deal is being made about "What is the definition of EMERGENCE?" Imagine much smacking of lips at this point.
The above, of course, as compared to having written a paper about some fuzzily-defined COMPLEXITY concept.
Pause.
I've determined to my own satisfaction that the CAPS LOCK key on this new keyboard is working. Please resume pontification.
--Doug
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Owen Densmore
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
I think I'll have a Martini, while contemplating this opportunity.
--Doug
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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