tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post7390791885738909008..comments2023-10-16T10:40:19.559+00:00Comments on An Ayrshire Blog: Complexity, Self organisation and evolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-24444430397570487492008-07-18T18:44:00.000+00:002008-07-18T18:44:00.000+00:00Well, in a subtle way, sentence [1b.10] refers to ...Well, in a subtle way, sentence [1b.10] refers to just such autocatalytic autoreproducing properties, when analyzing single molecule self reactions. But a hypercycle catalytic chain of A+b1+b2->A+B, B+c1+c2->B+C, and C+a1+a2->A+C, is also self reproducing, in the sense that all three example nodes inherently cooperatively help each other reproduce, and all it takes is to naturally haveLoneRubberDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588224023755530220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-88855030198832513892008-07-18T15:44:00.000+00:002008-07-18T15:44:00.000+00:00Hi Loneruibberduck,Thats a hell of a name you got ...Hi Loneruibberduck,<BR/>Thats a hell of a name you got there by the way.<BR/><BR/>Your detailed comments about combinatorial chemistry and the complexity of the reactions that emerge is very interesting and exactly the kind of thing I have in mind when talking about the emergent properties of complex systems.<BR/><BR/>One of the things that I didnt see referrred to specifically in your comment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-52385792295591144982008-07-18T02:50:00.000+00:002008-07-18T02:50:00.000+00:00I can add a post on the general theory of combinat...I can add a post on the general theory of combinatorial chemistry:<BR/><BR/>ABIOGENESIS CHEMICAL EVOLUTION<BR/><BR/>BACKGROUND<BR/>A combinatorial chemistry feedback in an open system, with hypercycle catalytic reactions, alone, can suffice to create an increasing complexity inorganic chemistry that eventually intersects biochemistry, in naturally inherent reactions contained in a natural LoneRubberDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588224023755530220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-58577628570700561502008-06-21T10:02:00.000+00:002008-06-21T10:02:00.000+00:00The statements that the earth makes an open system...The statements that the earth makes an open system under the sun is quite true. Light energizes biochemistry, allowing new chemical species to form. Biological chemicals most easily form diverse species of "digital" chemical bonds in DNA, RNA, and protien, forming "quantum code" polymers, allowing, expecially among protiens with polar charge, fatty, hydrophobic and hydrophylic reaction centers,LoneRubberDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588224023755530220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-81997470247693647672008-03-04T15:14:00.000+00:002008-03-04T15:14:00.000+00:00It seems to me that there is a relationship betwee...It seems to me that there is a relationship between fractals and Chaos theory on the one hand and bifurcation on the other, but I must admit that I haven't really gotten too serious about the mathematics. It doesn't directly impact my job, so I try to know just enough in case I run across a situation where it might be useful and I need to dig further.Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-27804694745482242812008-03-03T01:43:00.000+00:002008-03-03T01:43:00.000+00:00Reading some stuff on fractals and Chaos theory a ...Reading some stuff on fractals and Chaos theory a long time ago I think I recall something that was related to bifurcation theory - is that so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-61729155275837211312008-03-03T01:35:00.000+00:002008-03-03T01:35:00.000+00:00Wow, 1,000 pages on the laws of the universe! Goo...Wow, 1,000 pages on the laws of the universe! Good luck on completing it. I have a few thousand pages awaiting me already, so it probably won't end up on the reading list soon.<BR/><BR/>We have bifurcation theory in mechanics which is related to the formation of different species in the form that the article seems to be using. The mathematics comes in useful for constructing buildings, but Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-28103185312272668412008-03-03T00:38:00.000+00:002008-03-03T00:38:00.000+00:00I make no claims to understand all the theoretical...I make no claims to understand all the theoretical background in respect of the different uses of the concept of Entropy and the Second Law. ( I gather there is some debate also over whether Entropy is fundamental or derived)<BR/><BR/>However given the little that I know it interests me because at first sight Life seems to run "against the grain" in the sense that it constructs order from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10587480.post-10693743803082248392008-03-02T22:05:00.000+00:002008-03-02T22:05:00.000+00:00Just regarding the second law and closed systems, ...Just regarding the second law and closed systems, and, well, mechanics being my specialty ...<BR/><BR/>The classical form of the second law is formulated with respect to a closed system. The more generalized and practical one used in engineering is for open systems, and includes a surface flux term to take into account the effects of a system not being closed to the surroundings. If the surfaceLooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.com