[FRIAM] Crutchfield 's "Is anything ever new?"

[glen e. p. ropella]

Thus spake Nicholas Thompson circa 11/05/2009 05:04 PM:
> I think your rejection of emergence applies only to (2) above.... and
> possibly (4), if we understand "no way" to mean "no way we have thought of
> yet".   But I bet you disagree. 

Naaa.  I don't really disagree.  I said I TEND to think that emergence
is fictitious.  Until I see a definition or construction of it that I
can _use_ to get my work done, it's a useless concept, regardless of
whether it exists or not.  I don't frankly care if it exists.  What
matters is whether it can be used for some purpose (other than passing
the time arguing with bright people on e-mail lists ;-).

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