Re: Things that don't evolve

Today, 3.14, is "Pi Day"!

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  From: Alexanian, Moorad
  To: Janice Matchett ; Chris Barden ; Gregory Arago
  Cc: ASA list
  Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:37 AM
  Subject: RE: Things that don't evolve

  All aspects of the physical universe are evolving. Irreversibility is the name of the game! However, nonphysical concepts, e.g., the transcendental number pi, are not aspects of the physical universe. The very existence of death is the very presence of an evolving scenario for all living organisms. He who solves the problem of life will simultaneously solve the problem of death.

  Moorad

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  From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Janice Matchett
  Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:33 AM
  To: Chris Barden; Gregory Arago
  Cc: ASA list
  Subject: Re: Things that don't evolve

  At 08:05 AM 3/14/2006, Chris Barden wrote:

  Mathematical constants and static formulae come to mind.. I don't
  believe I've ever heard anyone mention "mathematical evolution".

  It's important, I think, to distinguish between evolutions that have
  or are thought to have scientific mechanisms to explain them
  (biological, planetary, galactic, etc.) and mere rhetorical
  "evolution" that just means "somebody read this, and did this other
  thing, which got somebody else thinking about this new technology".
  Unless all progress is to be considered social evolution... a "theory
  of everything" must have some weight behind it for it to be any more
  than a tautology.

  @ I googled this question to see what I'd come up with. ~ Janice

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Received on Tue Mar 14 10:24:33 2006