There are many different definitions of emergence. I prefer not to use that word at all. I prefer to distinguish the generators from the phenomena and talk about the properties of the gen-phen map.
No matter how simple or complex the pattern is on the 2D plot, there's a gen-phen map at work. If there is emergence involved in *any* of the phenomena you see (including all off or all on cells), then there's emergence in *all* the patterns you see. I.e. *every* state change would be "emergent" even if you think it's boring. On 5/7/19 12:27 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Ok, then. > > Are the sudden shifts in the Wolfram CA's cases of emergence? -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
