A few posts ago I observed that what's holding back complexity theory may be not basing it on observation. One of the things I was thinking about was the results of the Google search I had just done for "physical examples of emergence". I found only two hits!!!!! One was from a philosophy book on theoretical biology, relevant enough, and the other was an artist talking about finding new media for visual expression. There were no complexity theory hits! It doesn't say everything, but it sure says something.
For experiments with ABM's that might explore features of natural systems, has anyone tried 'composting'? If emergent structures decomposed into usable parts would it effect a computational ecology? Would identifying natural system features and setting up ways to play with them experimentally be a way to break down the larger task into workable parts? Just trying to build whole universes from scratch seems a rather daunting task. Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com ============================================================ 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
