*RS:I'm not sure how that comment is restricted to anything???* JM: I think it is: to practicality. I allowed myself to be in the ivory tower. J
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 03:58:13PM -0400, John Mikes wrote: > > Russell, > > you seem to be restricted by OUR model-items, so far discovered. I call > > 'magic' the so far undiscovered, which - however - may become known later > > on. Then it is not magic. > > It would be the last thing to engage with you in discussing AL, but it > > seems you consider a limited one: > > > > *RS: "(ALife researcher at least have the liberty of > > researching any interesting emergent phenomenon without having any > > particular emergent phenomenon in mind)."* > > Restricted to the so far emerged ones? or those not showing up in our > > limited search (fantasy)? > > John M > > > > What I meant by this, is if you assemble some system, and produce (or > discover) some emergent phenomenon, then that would be a legitimate > ALife study. Particularly, if there is some vague working analogy with > life. > > By contrast, if you assemble an ecomomy of agents, but the emergent > economy doesn't behave in the slightest like the economy your trying > to model, then you can hardly claim to be doing economics. > > I'm not sure how that comment is restricted to anything??? > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
