Not exact matches
If we grant the deterministic hypothesis that all bodies follow certain physical laws, then it has to be asserted that it would be at least logically possible to
predict the emergence of
emergent properties from the law - guided interaction of smaller bodies.
Some philosophers have criticized the notion of
emergent properties by arguing that, in order for a truly new
property to emerge, it would have to be logically impossible to
predict its existence, prior to its emergence.
As Dean Kamen
predicted when he dreamed up First, one
emergent property of robot - building is hero realignment.
For the last 50 years, one of the major themes of physics has been how
emergent properties come out of complex interactions at a smaller level, and that's just what I
predict we'll see with microbiomes.