I know most of you don't care about this any more, but one more clarification anyway.
Glen has criticized the use of the term *level*. When I use it, I'm really reaferring to a level of abstraction, not what one might think of as a "level of reality" as if there were stratified levels of reality, which is not my position. -- Russ A On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > That's right. And I am now permitted to share the answer with you: > > 42<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_Puzzle#Answer_to_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29> > . > > No, no. Don't thank me, thank that other master of synchronicity: Douglas > Adams<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy> > . > > ;-} > > --Doug > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jochen Fromm <jfr...@t-online.de> wrote: > >> Doug has found the fundamental answer to all of our questions by >> synchronous morphic resonance? Whow. Maybe his parrot farm is just a >> nickname for a huge subterranean data center which dwarfs Google's latest >> and biggest versions? I am impressed. >> >> -J. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Smith >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:58 PM >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] ABMs and Psychology >> >> I think you've hit upon the fundamental answer to all of our questions, >> philosphical (synchronicity vs emergence and epistimology vs cosmology), >> technological (what is the bestest language for OO or ABM development), >> psychological (variations on homunculus talk), mathematical (is solving >> Goldbach's conjecture fundamentally more important than Fermat's last >> theorem?), and practical (is it too late for coffee yet too early for beer? >> And in what Time Zone?) >> >> All of these FRIAM discussions do seem to be about infinite horizons and >> somebody always demands that we return to experiences. >> >> Amazing... Synchronicity *and* Morphic Resonance all rolled into one! >> >> ;-} Steve >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts > drobe...@rti.org > d...@parrot-farm.net > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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