[FRIAM] so anyway...

[Phil]

I matters, but it's just an opening...  I do hope the question of
whether explosive change is naturally unstable will be useful, of
course.   I actually got the idea from noticing that almost anything of
interest in the world seems to begin with it.    I'm really here to
trade notes though.    
 
I use the normal sequence of growth phases (¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸) as a
framework for organizing observations of complex systems, rather than
theories.   It just seems to work for me.  I've read a little about
computer worlds with evolving cellular automata, but I have a hard time
understanding it.   I read Lewin's 'Complexity' and he made it seem like
there were global principles behind it somehow that the researchers he
talked to didn't mention or something, but demonstrated with their
experiments they had some good control of.    I'm fascinated that people
with strong exposure to natural systems have been able to invent virtual
worlds that don't appear to involve any physical things of any kind, but
apparently display natural system behaviors.   
 
I guess my first question is why do you think it works?   Do you know if
emergence in a computer involves growth?
 
 

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