Re: [asa] Random Design

I don't know ... it seems to me that order arising from iterations of random
events suggests that the boundary conditions have been designed to produce
order. It would seem to argue for a version of small "id" sort of like S.C.
Morris' "convergent evolution."

This is beyond me, but I understand there are measures of information
entropy, related to Shannon entropy, for measuring fractal dimensions (see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renyi_entropies). If there is a relationship
between Shannon entropy and information entropy of fractals, that would
suggest a link to big ID.
On Feb 11, 2008 5:22 PM, David Campbell <pleuronaia@gmail.com> wrote:

> Various aspects of evolution may have fractal or mathematically
> chaotic (i.e., with fairly well-constained formulas but with
> unpredictable outcomes) aspects to them, so fractal pictures are a
> very good example. Simple formulas can generate complicated results
> and vice versa, so apparent complexity is not a good proxy for
> requiring complex design input.
>
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Received on Mon Feb 11 18:28:01 2008