tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post8703431169901253258..comments2008-05-12T12:51:33.749+08:00Lim Leng Hionghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-6645149585474015202008-05-12T12:51:00.000+08:002008-05-12T12:51:00.000+08:00Hi Aftersox, thanks for stopping by! <BR/><BR/>Yes, that's a great article; I especially like the "edge of chaos" quote. <BR/><BR/>I generally agree with Stuart Kauffman's view - self-organization unifies living biological systems and non-living systems in chemistry - indeed you can sort of consider self-organization as a synapomorphic trait of both types of systems. <BR/><BR/>Natural selection is a smaller subset - it only applies to systems that exhibit descent with modification.Lim Leng Hionghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-69599928213211664152008-05-12T09:48:00.000+08:002008-05-12T09:48:00.000+08:00I read your article right after I read <A HREF="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00052.htm" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>Life could emerge due to self-organization and accumulation.Aftersoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17226686075665504483noreply@blogger.com