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Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years, 2 months ago
Hi Jennifer! When viewed on a macroscopic scale, galaxies have simple behavior governed primarily by Newton’s laws of motion with additional factors including relativity, dark matter and dark energy. Very predictable. Biological organisms are complex systems that are not so predictable or easily reduced to a simple set of math equations. I think…[Read more]
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Ed Lantz replied to the topic Is the universe a "living system"? in the forum Deeptime Network Forum 11 years, 2 months ago
<p>Hi All. Interesting discussion!</p><p>Definitions in science allow useful distinctions to be made in the study of observable phenomena – particularly the study of relationships between the objects being distinguished from one another, or the (conceptual) isolation of one particular type of system under study from other types of systems. The…[Read more]
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