On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote:
> Russell - > > I did post a few times to the emergence discussion group, but alas didn't >> find to time required to do the essential reading of the tomes discussing >> emergence, so eventually had to skip the discussion. >> > I *do* remember you posting now, but at the time did not appreciate that > you were the author of "Nothing". I understood that Nick's discussion > group had a wide dynamic range in the experience and knowledge of it's > participants and wasn't surprised that the discussion was somewhat limited > for those who had been around the Emergence tree a few times already. What do they call it when people intersperse comments to an email within the body of the quoted email? Fluffing? Or is that something else? > > I have come to a particular view on complexity and emergence, through >> using it in my studies of complex systems, rather than reading the copious >> literature on the subject. If I had done the latter, I'm sure I would have >> been lost in the mire of contradictory definitions and positions. >> > This is precisely why I find your work on the topic so refreshing. You > seem to know *enough* about the published literature to be able address > *some of* the obvious points but as you say, not get mired by them. I'm > also a sucker for Ensemble Theories (referencing _Nothing_). I appreciate > your humility in describing it this way as well. > > So I'm quite sure, that what I've published is not particularly original, >> and quite probably reproduces what someone else said in the dim, distant >> past. Nevertheless, my paper "On complexity and emergence" is my second >> highest cited paper, with 79 cites, according to Google Scholar. I didn't >> expect that :). Cheers >> > On Owen's generous production of the reference to your paper on ArXiv, I > shifted from re-reading _Nothing_ to reading this (denser, more succinct) > paper, which obviously provides some important underpinnings/core to the > book. > > > Thanks for _Nothing_ > - Steve > > > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> > -- *Doug Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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