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Re: Is lgbt dead in the water? & Is religion dead in the water?
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Tue, 19 Oct 2004 03:58:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:

  
   Systems. You are simply describing some of the basic concepts of systems behavior. Complex systems behavior arising from simple components. Happens all the time both in biological and non-living systems. No magic there.

Spencer

So the whole can be completely, thoroughly, logically, scientifically explained by the sum of the parts? As in there’s no magic at all? If there are systems and components we don’t understand scientifically today, there will be a time in the future when we will have a scientific answer for those areas?

This is where your fallacy lies. Since you ‘live the science’ you can’t accept that there might be something outside the science, today or even in the future. You can’t accept the ‘magic’ that may be in the system.

Dave K

The original poster wanted to know how we (our behavoir) could be more than the sum of our biological parts. I simply pointed out the relevance of such an issue in the context of systems engineering. That itself isn’t magic, it is a well-known principle.

Spencer



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(...) So the whole can be completely, thoroughly, logically, scientifically explained by the sum of the parts? As in there's no magic at all? If there are systems and components we don't understand scientifically today, there will be a time in the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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