LS Re: News, chairs, life


james.mccabe (james@oranda.com)
Sat, 27 Sep 1997 10:45:02 +0100


Magnus Berg wrote:

> Gene wrote:
> >What would be the
> >DQ of inorganic level?
> >
> Radioactivity, Shrödinger's cat is the primary example. But also any
> matter that is
> warmer than absolute zero K (most!) have some unpredictable
> attributes.
> The
> general rule here is, the smaller things get, i.e. the fewer atoms
> involved, the
> more uncertain is the behaviour of the set. Large number of atoms
> behave
> very predictable because each atom behaves equally unpredictable.
>
> I'm sure Jason or Doug could elaborate and correct this, but I think
> it
> covers the basics.
>
> > Magnus
> >

Do you mean that inorganic DQ boils down to quantum chance? Or could we
say that matter is SQ and energy DQ? But then what about those
biochemical processes which lead to the transition to the next level?

James.

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