Self-organisation is not reductionist
February 06, 2005
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May 15, 2003
| Turing
Why Turing stripes are not a self-organising system....
"Can things self-organize ? Yes, any system that takes a form that is not imposed from outside (by walls, machines or forces) can be said to self-organize. The term is usually employed however in a more restricted sense by excluding physical laws (reductionist explanations), and suggesting that the properties that emerge are not explicable from a purely reductionist viewpoint" Self-Organizing Systems FAQ for Usenet newsgroup comp.theory.self-org-sys
In other words, if you have a proper theory, it's not a self-organised, emergent system
Posted by Jonathan at May 15, 2003 09:59 AMComments
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