> The question vis-a-vis the fly - or any animal - is whether the *whole* > course of action of the fly in that experiment can be accounted for by one - > or a set of - programmed routines or programs period. My impression - > without having studied the experiment in detail - is that it weighs against > that conclusion, without being the final word.
Definitely not ... there is vast evidence from the theory of complex, deterministic dynamical systems that this sort of "apparently spontaneous" behavior can emerge from simple underlying deterministic dynamics... ben g ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=89465283-62b335