the great laugh, of course, was that Bush probably didn't get the joke...
But seriously, it does point to one of the grand properties of human perception, and I think emergent complexity generally, that every observer feels 'in their guts' that their own perception provides the one correct model of the universe! That would explain why everyone is so satisfied with their own snap judgments, it's sort of built in. A case in point. IF the Earth turns out to have finite development potential, the world plan for continual growth becomes a plan for not only 'you' to take over the Earth, but for everyone else to do so as well, independently. The usual reaction is something dreamy, "oh yes, yes, and when that matters you can wake me again...", or "that's nice, I'm going to take over the world then...", etc. Humans do actually seem to be adrift in a dream world of their own making, for the very cool reason that we all build our own (dream) world from the inside! The drawback is that it's also be a trap. I think seeing breaks in the wall points to ways out. When a modeled artificial ecology develops emergent structures I suppose there's evidence of their developing responsively somehow. Is there any evidence that they then become inherently unresponsive? Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jochen Fromm > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:20 AM > To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3 > > > > Perhaps the best way to solve complex problems is to > let your guts decide ? What did Stephen Colbert say > at the White House Correspondents Dinner ? "..That's > where the truth lies, right down here in the gut", see http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879 -J. ============================================================ 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 ============================================================ 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
