[MD] The freedom allowing discordant mutations and disordered environmental changes.

[craigerb at comcast.net]

Gene,
This reminds me of something I read/heard recently.  If the force of gravity were slightly weaker, then after the big-bang, particles would have flown apart so rapidly that galaxies & solar systems would never have formed.  But If the force of gravity were slightly stronger, then after the big-bang, particles would have collapsed together so soon that they would never have differentiated into galaxies & solar systems.  So we owe our universe to the fact that the force of gravity lies in a very narrow range.
Craig

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From: "Gene M" <boredandunstable at gmail.com> 

> > The above statement is why I say we're ALMOST in complete agreement. 
> > We still need a criterion for saying the system is not failing. If the 
> > criterion of the system's not failing is its staying in balance, then, of 
> > course, balance is 
> > required for its not failing. 
> > Craig 
> 
> 
> Good point. I would say a system is not failing if it is working. It sounds 
> stupid, but that's what I've got. Say you have an ecosystem. Let's make a 
> super simple one. Grass-Rabbits-Coyotes. A simple predator prey system. The 
> system keeps in balance, if there isn't enough grass, rabbits die off until 
> there is and then it continues, if there are not enough rabbits, some 
> coyotes will die, returning the balance. If there is an excess of any 
> foodsource, the next level up will increase and consume it. This is a fairly 
> static balance. Now let's say a kind of bug is introduced into the system 
> that eats grass. It has no natural predators in the system and starts to 
> edge out rabbits by consuming their food source, multiplying rapidly. It 
> throws the entire system out of balance. This is DQ. The system will either 
> collapse, or form a new balance, perhaps adding an extra step that makes the 
> bugs a viable food source. 
> 
> So I guess the original static balance has been shattered, but the greater 
> DQ balance remains 
> 
> Does that make any sense? 
> 
> -Gene 
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