[Synapse elist] Erika on emergence

[Leonel Moura]

Erika,
Sorry not to answer before, I have been in Brazil and very busy...
But just consider this quote of Carl Sagan:
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create 
the universe

In emergence is not really important who or what started it, but the 
process itself. By nature the outcome is not predictable, hence it is 
always autonomous from what or who triggered it.

Best
Leonel
http://www.leonelmoura.com/