Dear Group, I'm sure it's occurred to some of you that complexity theory might have something to say about the preparation and response to Katrina. If we could...
There is no "complexity theory" in negligence, greed, power-hunger, incompetence and more. The manytimes-warned repair of the N-O levees could have been done...
Jon, I don't think a knowledge of complexity would have helped the government types in charge at all. They calculated that there was a one in a thousand chance...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith In my understanding, hurricanes are not complex systems but "erratic deterministic" systems, misnamed "chaotic" in the...
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Sep 7, 2005 2:38 pm
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Good to hear from you again Ken, There is a good article in the Wall St. Journal today comparing the Katrina evacuation with dealing with the aftermath of the...
Dear Lewis, thanks for the 'teaching' on hurricanes. I, for one, appreciate it. If I may add my vocabulary to your text: 'deterministic' is the entire world,...
... Lewis, To me there is no dichotomy between complex vs chaotic/erratic deterministic - at least from the point of view of Salthe's theory of hierarchical...
Serious planning can be very intense, the challenge as all have been are complex aspects to how we move. Logistics could not have responded in part because of...
to Cpmplex-M from Lewis L Smith Wm Hall has commented eruditely on my posting. However, I must hasten to point out that it...
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Sep 8, 2005 2:06 pm
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to Complex-M from Lewis L. Smith Your reply to my posting this subject raises a number of issues and to the extent to which we...
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Jon, This is precisely the point. As long as the bureaucracies involved are wedded to their cultures, they will be unable to respond in a manner that...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith Clunky AOL sent my postiing which replies to John Mikes comment on my original posting before it was...
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Sep 8, 2005 2:09 pm
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Bill, Could you expound on your interesting comment below: Serious planning can be very intense, the challenge as all have been are complex aspects to how we...
"Clunky AOL and Treacherous Yahoo... I received the conclusion below and have as remark only that I don't seem to 'find' your reply to Wm Hall - I had more...
To All: Perhaps the issues are less complex and more common sense than the ongoing discussion suggests. Many of the following thoughts sketched below simple...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith Seeding a hurricane with silver iodide crystals could be considered a way of creating an "internal...
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Sep 10, 2005 8:57 pm
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erry, Common sense and complexity theory go together. It is true than you can explain and implement the insights of complexity without ever mentioning it by ...
Lewis, why on Earth would a "seeding" of a hurricane with AgJ, PbCl2, ThBr4, or any other of 30,000 compounds disturb a "what"??? Is the "Hurricane" a chemical...
An individual familiar with the inner workings of WDC power structures observered upon the suggestion of a particluar conspiracy theory that such was not...
To carry this idea a bit further: theory and practice A "paradigm", or a new world view, comes about as a result of two things. First, there are new...
Jon: I am rather puzzled by your response. A few questions are interposed in your reply. The questions are posed to activate an examination of your unstated...
Jon, This is a gross simplification. Foucault (complemented by complexity thinking) points the way much better than Kuhn. According to Foucault, an old...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith I was merely citing from memory. It was a long time ago. Perhaps I didn't get the name of the compound right. I certainly don't...
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Sep 14, 2005 7:43 pm
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Ken, Thanks for the reference, I will check it out. I have a surface understanding of Foucault but not this work. My understanding of this entire situation...
Lewis, OK, I didn't want to take you to task. IMO a hurricane has nothing to do with chemistry. I don't know about "intelligent" studies about it in a ...
Jerry, your post is - as usually - logical, clear-cut and full with common sense (within any scientific ambiance). Couldn't we cut the hog- (white)- wash or...
Marty, that sentence of yours is so beautiful and deep that my feeble English absorbed it exclusively by awe. Coulod you translate it into English for me? (Did...
to Gasification List from Lewis L Smith Thanks. Guess no one remembers. End of message. ... From: John M <jamikes@...> To:...
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Sep 15, 2005 12:03 pm
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John: Good to hear from you! Sorry that I lack the time to conduct a personal correspondence. Unless you want to get involved in discussions of modal logics...
... [[and so did I now]] * ... [[The negative: those taxpayers are our children and grandchildren in an expectably lower value $$$ debt. ]] ... [[I have a list...
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