[MD] The Greeks?

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 14 Jun 2010 at 7:54, John Carl wrote:

I think from this we can conclude that it's far more appropriate and
accurate then to say on every level of being, the higher toys with and is
creative of the lower.  Thus the top-down approach is superior to the idea
that inorganic clumps randomly form life, that life just happens to create
social patterns and out of social patterns, objective ideas magically appear
out of a bunch of random words thrown around by social patterns.

I'm with you, John. The emergent theory beloved of science and some academics 
is, on its face, absurd. What it amounts to is, "Oops." It also completely 
negates the existence and creative power of DQ. 

As for the interaction between levels I leave for another day.

Regards,
Platt