This looks very interesting. Wonder if you could be more specific as to title? If this is something you feel unseemly to publish here please email me directly at: lburle...@nc.rr.com. Thanks!
Looking forward, Les Burleson -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Patricia Haines Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:11 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Self-evolution Michael et al: if you haven't already seen it, check out the video or DVD of "What the (Bleep)Do We Know?" - a conversation, loosely disguised as a story, with quantum physicists and neurobiologists about the nature of 'reality' and our relationship to it as creators - makes a great gift for anyone exploring the edges of things! ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Herman <mich...@michaelherman.com> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:33:16 -0600 Subject: Re: Self-evolution > Harrison, et al... > > There is a book out since 1999 called "The User Illusion: Cutting > Consciousness Down to Size" (by Tor Norreetranders) that suggests that > the next 'grand unification' is not going to simply marry gravity to > the other three forces described by modern physics, but will go even > further, marrying physics to everyday life, consciousness, and > meaning. > > I'm only a fourth of the way into this, but see much in it that seems > relevant to the self-organizing, open space story. It seems that a > big piece of evolution is forgetting details. When we measure > temperature, for instance, we ignore the speed, position and all the > variance in individual molecules. When we total up our grocery > purchase, we note only the amount on the bill and leave with "a > bagful" rather than individual items. When one of Darwin's successes > is 'naturally selected', nature also forgets or ignores or lets go of > a pile of other options. And when we write an invitation, we often > ignore a lot of the details, forget them, so that we can move forward > with issues and opps for... whatever. Forgetting, letting go, > looking ahead, focusing in... it all helps open new space. > > The stuff in this book, refs to Santa Fe Institute conferences and > such, might provide good fodder for this self-org story you're > spinning, Harrison. It might provide other science-minded folks here > with interesting reading. > > I suppose the biology of self-org might be closer to human systems, > but I find the leap from physics to openspace more interesting. Small > wonder, or a good sign, that I'm marrying a former particle physicist! > > Michael > > > > > On 3/12/06, Ralph Copleman <rcople...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 3/12/06 2:00 AM, "OSLIST automatic digest system" > > <lists...@listserv.boisestate.edu> wrote: > > > > > Chaos, we are learning, is the rich seed = > > > bed of emergent order. Strange new world. > > > > Yeah, all 13.7 billion years of recent events. > > > > Harrison, you're re-examining the theory of evolution. The process we call > > "self-organization" may be, after all, what Darwin labeled "Natural > > Selection". (He never used the phrase "survival of the fittest", by the > > way.) > > > > If your new book emerges as a re-presentation of evolution for the world of > > human systems, it will be a very, very useful contribution. If we can get > > even a few such systems thinking/operating in harmony with the universe's > > ancient (and highly effective) underlying dynamics, we'll have taken a big > > step toward saving life on Earth. > > > > Lead on, my friend. > > > > Ralph > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > > -- > > Michael Herman > Michael Herman Associates > 300 West North Ave #1105 > Chicago IL 60610 USA > Phone: 312-280-7838 > mich...@michaelherman.com > > skype: globalchicago > > http://www.michaelherman.com > http://www.openspaceworld.org > > Executive Facilitation ...getting > the most important things done in > the easiest possible ways. > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist "Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world - indeed, it's the only thing that can." - Margaret Mead -- This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
