Re: Models and ecosystem balance/change...

[Steve Johnson <***>]

Tim Gwinn:

The genome does not generally possess an entailment
structure that would be congruent with the
entailment structure of the organization(s) produced
as a result of that genome.


Steve Johnson:

So what entails the organization? The genome + the
environment? 



--- Tim Gwinn <***> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> > Is the ability to develop certain models is itself
> a
> > model that is embedded in the genome or is
> produced
> > through coupling of the phenotype and the
> environment?
> >
> > In that sense it would the genome be a second
> order
> > model of the likely models that the organism would
> > have to build in order to adapt to the range of
> > environments it may find itself in.
> 
> Interesting idea. But I think the genome would best
> be characterized as a
> 'template' or 'blueprint', rather than a model. The
> genome does not
> generally possess an entailment structure that would
> be congruent with the
> entailment structure of the organization(s) produced
> as a result of that
> genome.
> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 



                
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