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[clement Thomas - pavu.com]

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> 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?

there is !
the GNou Found Lands DgH Patch is a clear, simple and obvious model of possible networked self-organization.
http://www.pavu.com/GNou-bank/patchus.htm
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>
> 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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>             \/       __
>                     __/
>                                    i will shed leaves in the shade
>         \_\                        because i like stepping on bugs
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