The thing I like about Slashdot, aside from the stupid humor, of course, is that I'm convinced that some of the smartest people on the planet hang out there. I like a little noise with my signal, it sort of helps keep the system calibrated.
--Doug On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > ..then you read all the off topic /. prattle! Now *there's* a petri dish > for you! > > ---- Owen > > > I am an iPad, resistance is futile! > > On Sep 5, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net> wrote: > > I don't quite know how to say this, so I'll just blurt it out. I am > *tired* of hearing about how somebody has suddenly come to the conclusion > that this or that thing exhibits *emergent behavior*, or how this, that or > the other thing simply *must* be an* emergent property *of that (or the > other) thing*. *I confess, my reaction is nearly always, "What the fuck > does it matter if you've concluded emergence exists? How observant! Paste > a gold star on your forehead. > > And now what?" > * > * > *-*-Doug > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Marcus G. Daniels < <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > >> <http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/2118241/Transition-Metal-Catalysts-Could-be-Key-To-Origin-of-Life> >> http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/2118241/Transition-Metal-Catalysts-Could-be-Key-To-Origin-of-Life >> <http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/219/1/1> >> http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/219/1/1 >> >> ============================================================ > 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> > http://www.friam.org > >
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