[MD] Levels in electronic computers

[Magnus Berg]

Hi Andy

> Only serves to keep the status quo of the organism... in the face of
> adverse forces. Only? That's a hell of a lot more than what raw
> materials do. Isn't that enough? Isn't that dynamic enough to
> constitute a radical value shift? Isn't persistence of a static
> pattern exactly what's necessary to support the evolution of society,

No.

> i.e. the meaningful interaction between patterns?

But now you're getting there.

I would argue that the added feature of the organic level is this 
ability to interact between different organic patterns. However, it's 
not "meaningful" yet, just functional. The meaning comes later.

	Magnus