On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
Robert Goddard was a professor of physics, and so is Robert Laughlin. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for his explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. Moreover he argues for emergence which is a concept that says "The whole is more than the sum of its parts". Fedora is more than the sum of its software. . . .
[Theme suggestion:] Something that can illustrate the emergence concept, like multiple objects combined to create a new one (more complex).
Perhaps this could spark some interesting ideas!
Something like Make a finite sequence of pictures subject to Comparison of any two successive pictures yields some meaningful information. Individual pictures as such should not be particularly suggestive The deduced information should include Fedora Linux
Best
A. Mani