[MD] psst, Squonk, Over here

[MarshaV]

At 01:15 PM 10/31/2006, Mark wrote:
>DQ is clearly stated in the MoQ to be the source of sq evolution when sq
>latches. If sq does not latch then DQ has not advanced sq.

Hi Mark,

When you wrote the above, were you referring to this?

"...  . A Dynamic advance is meaningless unless it can find some 
static pattern with which to protect itself from degeneration back to 
the conditions that existed before the advance was made. Evolution 
can't be a continuous forward movement. It must be a process of 
ratchet-like steps in which there is a Dynamic movement forward up 
some new incline and then, if the result looks successful, a static 
latching-on of the gain that has been made; then another Dynamic 
advance, then another static latch."
                                                                                                           (LILA, 
Chapter 11)

But if sq is evolving towards DQ, and DQ is undefined and not 
chaotic, doesn't DQ equate to change?  At this point, I understand 
this to mean that sq is evolving towards its origin, DQ.

Marsha





Marsha