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Subject: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: youngerderek on 04/05/11 at 8:51 pm
do you think time flows smoothly, always changing at the same pace, or are there years where little changes and then vast, brief punctuations with major changes? if you're not familiar with the concept of Punctuated Equilibrium, here ya go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium
it's a Biology concept, but can be applied to pretty much anything.
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/11 at 1:31 am
Has this anything to do with Charles Darwin?
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: youngerderek on 04/10/11 at 10:54 am
Has this anything to do with Charles Darwin?
no. well like i said, it's a biological concept, i think it IS darwinian, but it applies to many different things aside from Biology.
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: Davester on 04/10/11 at 7:14 pm
do you think time flows smoothly, always changing at the same pace, or are there years where little changes and then vast, brief punctuations with major changes?
What do you think..?
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: youngerderek on 04/11/11 at 4:52 am
What do you think..?
i think time is always changing, but certain periods have far more change than other periods where things kinda cruise along slowly. and that is why time seems broken up into eras when it's actually continuous. but that is just my perception. what is yours?
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: Davester on 04/12/11 at 4:57 pm
The article you supplied addresses evolutionary biology. I don't know about any of that but time is a measure of decay. The assignment of eras is a human endeavor. Evolutionary biology probably doesn't recognize cultural eras...
Subject: Re: punctuated equilibrium?
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/11 at 1:27 am
The times they're a-changin'.