Re: Things that don't evolve

Iain, you are lowering the tone of this list.

Then the Americans can enjoy the 16th June.

Michael
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Iain Strachan
  To: Michael Roberts
  Cc: Robert Schneider ; Alexanian, Moorad ; Janice Matchett ; Chris Barden ; Gregory Arago ; ASA list
  Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:01 PM
  Subject: Re: Things that don't evolve

  Actually, we brits miss out entirely on Pi day as there are only 30 days in April :-(

  Iain

  On 3/14/06, Michael Roberts <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
    It cant be , today is 14/3
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Robert Schneider
    To: Alexanian, Moorad ; Janice Matchett ; Chris Barden ; Gregory Arago
    Cc: ASA list
    Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:21 PM
    Subject: Re: Things that don't evolve

    Today, 3.14, is "Pi Day"!

      ----- Original Message -----
      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

      Google Results 1 - 10 of about 2,110,000 for evolution is the singularity?.
      http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=evolution+is+the+singularity%3F

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Received on Tue Mar 14 16:18:28 2006