< The only structures that could possibly satisfy the extreme embedded/responsive constraints you've put in place for "non-failure" will be completely "ordered" in the sense of having no depth or structure, including faster than light communication. This makes your definition a bit useless because it makes truth ubiquitous. >
If we change to using classical mechanics, instead of a set of momentary persistent states, to characterize a signal propagating through a network, can't that hold the place as the local `true' thing? If so, it is just an approximation that doesn't hold given more context. The reason the neuron and axons do what they do is only approximated by a model, that could involve stuff like apparent FTL communication through many body entanglement, or at least exhibit entanglement-like behavior (e.g. mirror neurons). Marcus ============================================================ 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 FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
