[MD] Social Imposition ?

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo had asked]
> Explain to me how cells "invent" a body.
> 
> [Platt attempts a deflection]
> Read Chapter 11 of LILA.
> 
> [Arlo]
> No, I HAVE read Chapter 11 of Lila, Platt, and I see no difference 
> between "dynamical invention" and "emergence".
> 
> When he says cells "dynamically invent" a body, and we see that the 
> body emerges from the collective activity of cells, not from the 
> lone, divine actions of any one cell, I see the exact process I've 
> been describing. When Pirsig says "animals Dynamically invented 
> societies", and we see that societies originate out of the collective 
> activity of animals, not from any one lone animal, I see the exact 
> process I've been describing.
> 
> Can YOU explain to me how it is any different, since you are so 
> adamant that it is? I know you can't, because there isn't, so this is 
> really just an exercise in futility.

So why do you pursue it?



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