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Basic Cellular Automaton, including randomness

Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

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Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

 
Ways of Making Sense of the World:
From Primal Patterns to Deterministic and Non-Deterministic Emergence

 

 

The world as we perceive it is neither fully disorganized (Figure 1), beyond our ability to identify any overall pattern in it, nor fully organized, describable by us in terms of some single simple pattern (Figure 2). Instead, we are faced with, and find ourselves trying to make sense of, a world that most typically shows mixes of pattern and disorganization at different scales (Figures 3, 4, 5).

Serendip's Complexity and Emergence On-Line Forum

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Cellular Automaton as Explorer, 11 element

Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

Setup

Click on setup single cell to begin with a single cell in the middle on; setup random picks a random set of cells to begin as on, the number of which is determined by the density slider.

Cellular Automaton as Explorer, 9 element

Deterministic and Non-deterministic Emergence

Setup

Click on setup single cell to begin with a single cell in the middle on; setup random picks a random set of cells to begin as on, the number of which is determined by the density slider.

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When the classroom leaves the mainstream

Submitted by EG on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 4:35am

 

 

When the classroom leaves the mainstream

An exploration of alternative education as a feminist practice 

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Synecdoche, New York .... and life

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 12:44pm

Reviewers are all over the map on this one so, for what its worth, my take ...

Serendip's Brain and Behavior Forum

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Mental Health: Genetics and Development

Mental Health and the Brain:
A Discussion
Fall, 2008

 

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Conversation, discourse, exchange, open-ended transactional inquiry

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 5:43pm

The trick is to focus not on what people can't agree on, nor on what they can agree on, but rather on issues/questions/problems that have the potential to generate ways of thinking that no one has thought before. 

More to come on where that thought came from, and what its useful for .... 

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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities

Scanning electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2

Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.

Narrative is determined not by a desire to narrate but by a desire to exchange. (Roland Barthes, S/Z)

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