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Hey Tim and all,
I'm relentless. I actually
had the pleasure of hearing Juan-Carlos Letelier speak at a conference in Boston
last September. He had many good things to say about Robert. He
said Robert was a lone wolf and showed a slide of a magnificent specimen of
same said. He also showed a slide picture of Robert which was the first
picture that I had seen of him. I think Robert was a well spoken
lion. At one point Juan-Carlos said that Robert was crazy (loco) and that
he meant that in the best possible way!
I just received a copy of Fundamentals of
Measurement and Representation of Natural Systems from Judith. She (quite
unbeknownst to me) conspired with my folks to get me a copy for my
birthday! Fantastic! (Thank you again Judith.) Judith can
be sneaky y'all. Watch out. So I now have my compliment of the "big
four".
Tim, I say all that because the question I'm about
to ask you might be in there (FM), but sadly I have not yet had the chance to
peruse it. Juan-Carlos and you clearly seem to have a mathematical bent
and ability. I only dabble. I'm a mathematical tourist.
How many ways do you (or whoever feels compelled to
respond) think that f:A--->B "metabolism" can be interpreted? Surely a
great many and not all of them need be mathematical interpretations,
right? My intuition is generally not mathematical. Also the arrow
gives the impression of time but why could it not be merely an
association?
I'll probably spend the rest of the day reading
through FM. Thanks guys.
David
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