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At 12:21 PM 2/18/2003 +0000, Artur wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I know that there are some people
that don't agree with your new<br>
"self-organizing" ideas. I suspect that they see a
contradiction between<br>
those ideas and a "guiding force" that controls everything, or
something<br>
like that. But I do agree that self-organizing concepts and an
emergent<br>
order do happen in OST. But for me too there is also a contradiction but
in<br>
a different place. Fortunately this last post of yours gave me a clue
for<br>
understanding where the "divergence" begins.</blockquote><br>
Welcome back Artur! I knew we would smoke you out sooner or later. As for
this God business, I guess it can be a problem, but I don't think it has
to be. For those who find a divine presence in their life experience (and
I am guilty), there still seems to be plenty of room for looking at the
guiding principles/forces which are operative in the cosmos. Thus, one
might say that God created life, but that notion by no means eliminates
sex from the equation. And if God/divinity is not part of your
experience, that's OK too. But in either case, I find the Self-organizing
system story/theory to be very convincing in that it offers (me at least)
a coherent explanation for what otherwise seems quite inexplicable --
including the "fact" that OS works when most everything we have
been taught and practiced says it shouldn't.<br><br>
Harrison<br><br>
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