Norman K. McPhail wrote:
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> In my view, the next step is to consider how our human thought and
> understanding do this mapping and interpreting. I think we are prone to use
> inappropriate logic or thought modes in our mapping and interpretations of
> physics, biology and our human understanding. The distortions that result
> are what I call our blind spot.
>
> Rosen's notion that complex systems can't be modeled is just another way of
> saying that we need to use more than what I call simple either/or logic to
> chart out all these realms. And logic allows us to transcend the constraints
> of both physics and biology in our mapping and interpreting. We are all
> capable of assimilating and easily understanding multiple views, models and
> systems. We just make this impossible when we hog-tie our selves with
> either/or logic.
>
> NKM
>
> Don Mikulecky wrote:
>
> > Don Mikulecky adds:
> >
> > Thanks Alexei!
> > In my seminar on measurement,
> > http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/courses/measure/sld034.htm (through slide
> > 37) I illustrate the way the van der Waals equation can be cast as a
> > mapping and interpreted in totally biological terms (genotype, phenotype,
> > environmental influences, etc.).
> > Respectfully,
> > Don Mikulecky
> >
> > Alexei Sharov wrote:
> >
> > > Don wrote:
> > >
> > > >Rosen reminded us of Rashevsky's observation that the laws of
> > > >physics are obeyed by all living organisms yet none can be predicted
> > > >from those laws. He went further to assert that biology was far
> > > >more "general" than physics.
> > >
> > > I fully support this! Time is a kind of "currency" that organisms
> > > can "spend" on various activities. Space repesents organism's
> > > freedom to move around. Force represents organism's interaction
> > > with individual components of the world, etc. I believe we can
> > > reformulate the whole physics in biological terms.
> > >
> > > -Alexei
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > Alexei Sharov Research Scientist
> > > Dept. of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
> > > Tel. (540) 231-7316; FAX (540) 231-9131; e-mail sharov@vt.edu
> > > Home page: http://www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/alexei.html
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> In my view, the next step is to consider how our human thought and
understanding
> do this mapping and interpreting. I think we are prone to use
> inappropriate
> logic or thought modes in our mapping and interpretations of physics, biology
> and our human understanding. The distortions that result are what
> I call our blind spot.
> <P>Rosen's notion that complex systems can't be modeled is just another
> way of saying that we need to use more than what I call simple
> <B><I>either/or</I></B>
> logic to chart out all these realms. <B><I>And</I></B> logic allows
> us to transcend the constraints of both physics and biology in our mapping
> and interpreting. We are all capable of assimilating and easily
> understanding
> multiple views, models and systems. We just make this impossible
> when we hog-tie our selves with <B><I>either/or</I></B> logic.
> <P>NKM
> <P>Don Mikulecky wrote:
> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Don Mikulecky adds:
> <P>Thanks Alexei!
> <BR>In my seminar on measurement,
> <BR><A
>
HREF="http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/courses/measure/sld034.htm">http://views.v
> cu.edu/~mikuleck/courses/measure/sld034.htm</A>
> (through slide
> <BR>37) I illustrate the way the van der Waals equation can be cast as
> a
> <BR>mapping and interpreted in totally biological terms (genotype, phenotype,
> <BR>environmental influences, etc.).
> <BR>Respectfully,
> <BR>Don Mikulecky
> <P>Alexei Sharov wrote:
> <P>> Don wrote:
> <BR>>
> <BR>> >Rosen reminded us of Rashevsky's observation that the laws of
> <BR>> >physics are obeyed by all living organisms yet none can be predicted
> <BR>> >from those laws. He went further to assert that biology was
> far
> <BR>> >more "general" than physics.
> <BR>>
> <BR>> I fully support this! Time is a kind of "currency" that organisms
> <BR>> can "spend" on various activities. Space repesents organism's
> <BR>> freedom to move around. Force represents organism's interaction
> <BR>> with individual components of the world, etc. I believe we can
> <BR>> reformulate the whole physics in biological terms.
> <BR>>
> <BR>> -Alexei
> <BR>> -------------------------------------------------
> <BR>> Alexei
>
Sharov &
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> Research Scientist
> <BR>> Dept. of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
> <BR>> Tel. (540) 231-7316; FAX (540) 231-9131; e-mail
sharov@vt.edu
> <BR>> Home page: <A
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> h.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/alexei.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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