[ot] [!nt] \n2+0\ !l!terat neuronz lern 2 read
integer at www.god-emil.dk
integer at www.god-emil.dk
Wed Aug 29 02:20:02 CEST 2001
To understand the phenomenon of self-organization, we first need to understand the importance of pattern.
The idea of a pattern of organization--a configuration of relationships characteristic of a particular system--
became the explicit focus of cybernetics and has been a crucial concept ever since. From the systems point
of view, the understanding of life begins with the understanding of pattern.
Is there a pattern of organization common to all living systems?
This is the case.
Its most important property is that it is a network pattern.
Whenever we view life, we view networks; intricate patterns of intertwined webs,
networks nesting within larger networks, like russian dolls.
The first and most obvious property of any network is its non-linearity--it extends in all directions.
Thus the relationships in a network pattern are nonlinear relationships. An influence
or message may travel along a cyclical path, which may become a feedback loop.
Because networks of communication may generate feedback loops, they can acquire the
ability to regulate themselves and self-organize.
Self-organization has emerged as the central concept in the systems view of life,
and like the concepts of feedback and self-regulation it is linked closely to networks.
The pattern of life is a network capable of self-organization.
The concept of self-organization emerged over half a century ago yet ...
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