Re: Emergence (was Re: Chaos group name Poll)

From: Eli Brandt (ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu)
Date: Sun Mar 28 1993 - 02:03:33 UTC


In article <erwin.733158986@trwacs> erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
>The term "emergence" used in non-linear systems is overblown.

Yup.  Also, the term "chaos" is overblown; the term "non-linear" is
overblown; the term "catastrophe" was overblown.  This does not
necessarily mean that the group is not worth having.  That the terms
are mostly hype does suggest that perhaps the group name is not
all that important.

>Harry Erwin

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