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Subject: Macrolaws
From: "Jochen.Fromm" <Jochen...@t-online.de>
Date: Tue, April 26, 2005 3:26 am
To: sci-physic...@moderators.isc.org
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John H. Holland says in his book "Emergence" (p.189):
"We can describe a glider in Conway's automaton
as moving at a uniform rate in a diagonal direction,
in the absence of 'interference'. Though we know that
the behavior of the emergent glider can be reduced
to the simple laws defining the automaton, we gain
substantial insight into the possibilities in that
universe via this macrolaw. Similarly, when we
see that masses in the real universe persist in their
motion in the absence of 'outside' forces, we gain
insight into the operations of that universe."
I found this very interesting. Newton's First Law
of Motion "Every object in a state of uniform motion
tends to remain in that state of motion unless an
external force is applied to it." is very similar
or nearly identical to the macrolaw describing
a glider in the Game of Life. What do you think ?
Regards,
Jochen Fromm
http://www.vs.uni-kassel.de/~fromm/
sub...@sciphysicsdiscrete.org
> second try...
> > testing new software...1 2 3
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> > -- Dan Miller Faculty Research Associate Carnegie Mellon West
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> --
> Dan Miller
> Faculty Research Associate
> Carnegie Mellon West
Dear Daniel,
Will this newsgroup be reactivated at some point in the future?
Regards,
Ed Hanna
[moderator-dbm:] yes, hopefully very soon.