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<DIV><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial size=2>Harrison said</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial size=2>Good thought! But I might suggest
a different phrasing. In the beginning there were self-organizing systems to
which there has been a <FONT color=#0000ff>continuum of response</FONT> --
ranging from tyrannical to democratic. Self-organization is intrinsically
neither, and is prior to both. However, it seems to function much better at the
democratic end of things if only because it is then free to be itself.
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial size=2>Is anyone else wondering whether
there is a link between what we mean by "self-organization" and what we mean by
"free will?" Clarification about the similarities and/or differences
between these two concepts would help me understand this conversation more
fully.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial size=2>Julie<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>