[FRIAM] The epiphenomenality relation

Steve Smith sasmyth at swcp.com
Mon Nov 29 11:52:09 EST 2021


All of this discussion seems to be framed conveniently (for CS/modeling 
types) as Sequential Dynamical Systems:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_dynamical_system

On 11/28/21 8:49 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
>
> Can’t the delay be in arbitrarily-small discretized units (e.g. 
> picoseconds) if needed?
>
>> On Nov 28, 2021, at 7:15 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> By the way an example of a cycle with no delay, unless time isn't 
>> continuous, is a pair of ladders leaning against each other so that 
>> neither falls.  That violates assumptions of our causal discovery 
>> algorithms.
>>
>> ---
>> Frank C. Wimberly
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>> On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 7:57 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     An element of a (very short) cycle.  Note that there has to be a
>>     delay.
>>
>>     ---
>>     Frank C. Wimberly
>>     140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>>     Santa Fe, NM 87505
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>>     505 670-9918
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>>     On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 7:44 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         Frank,
>>
>>         In your lingo, what is an effect called that feeds back on
>>         its cause?
>>
>>         Nick Thompson
>>
>>         ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com>
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>>         https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>>         <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/>
>>
>>         *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of
>>         *Frank Wimberly
>>         *Sent:* Sunday, November 28, 2021 7:15 PM
>>         *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>>         <friam at redfish.com>
>>         *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] The epiphenomenality relation
>>
>>         Yes, for example.
>>
>>         ---
>>         Frank C. Wimberly
>>         140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>>         Santa Fe, NM 87505
>>
>>         505 670-9918
>>         Santa Fe, NM
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>>         On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 6:06 PM Marcus Daniels
>>         <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>>             I guess you mean A(t=0)->B(t=1), B(t=1)->A(t=2), not
>>             B(t=1)->A(t=0)
>>
>>             *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of
>>             *Frank Wimberly
>>             *Sent:* Sunday, November 28, 2021 3:46 PM
>>             *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>>             <friam at redfish.com>
>>             *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] The epiphenomenality relation
>>
>>             I did a number of experiments in the use of causal
>>             learning methods to infer genetic regulatory networks
>>             using actual and simulated data.  Those networks have
>>             loops of a variety of lengths. References available upon
>>             request.
>>
>>             ---
>>             Frank C. Wimberly
>>             140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
>>             Santa Fe, NM 87505
>>
>>             505 670-9918
>>             Santa Fe, NM
>>
>>             On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 4:41 PM Marcus Daniels
>>             <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>>                 I just don't see how that is a "loop" except that
>>                 repeated application of such a matrix could lead to
>>                 oscillation. It sounded like somehow causality was
>>                 violated and not just obscured.
>>
>>                 -----Original Message-----
>>                 From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of
>>                 ? glen
>>                 Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2021 3:38 PM
>>                 To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
>>                 Group <friam at redfish.com>
>>                 Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The epiphenomenality relation
>>
>>                 Right, high dimension. More important than the matrix
>>                 being large is that it has non-zero cross terms.
>>
>>                 On November 28, 2021 8:42:37 AM PST, Marcus Daniels
>>                 <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>>                 >The operators are large (in the sense of a matrix)
>>                 whether or not they are intended to be?
>>                 >
>>                 >> On Nov 28, 2021, at 6:20 AM, ⛧ glen
>>                 <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
>>                 >>
>>                 >> Any of the evolutionary operators across scales,
>>                 from energy exchange at the finest to ecosystem
>>                 reengineering at the coarsest.
>>                 >>
>>                 >>> On November 27, 2021 7:33:15 AM PST, Marcus
>>                 Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>>                 >>> I’ve heard these words from you Glen, but I have
>>                 no idea what these loops are or what you might be
>>                 talking about.
>>                 >>>
>>                 -- 
>>                 glen ⛧
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