RE: Fwd: Did language drive society or vice versa?

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Thu May 11 2000 - 05:08:02 BST

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    Chuck wrote:

    <<I am not saying things come of nothing, only that the results are
    unpredictable.>>

    That is essentially what is meant by "emergence."

    Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com www.memecentral.com/rbrodie.htm

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