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Re: What is emergence?
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Russell Standish |
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Re: What is emergence? |
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Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:03:45 +1100 (EST) |
Kenneth Holmlund wrote:
>
> What about the difference between emergence in
> real system in nature, and emergence in models and
> simulations? I think it is important not to mix up these
> two concepts, at least not until we understand when/why
> they coincide or differ.
>
> Cheers,
> Kenneth Holmlund
> address@hidden
> High Performance Computing Center North
> UmeƄ university, Sweden
>
Can anyone give a convincing explanation of what the difference is?
All we can know about the "real world" is our models of that
world. Hence emergence we see in our models of the real world, and in
our abstract models seem to be the same thing.
The only difference between real world models and abstract models is
how we measure utility - the ability to make accurate predictions vs
understanding of phenomena.
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