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Old 12-23-2004, 12:32 AM   #47 (permalink)
martinguerre
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sliding scale why?

if you take apart a lawn mower...is it a sliding scale of lawn mowerness?

or parts?

i quite fail to see how a theory of emergant properties requires that:
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For something to "appear" it must be present in some quantity and quality in the initial state.
For water to appear, you don't need little tiny water thingys. you need hydrogen and oxygen. niether act like water until combined...
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