From: Michael Butler (mbutler@ocv1.ocv.com)
Date: Tue Dec 17 1996 - 12:35:13 MST
It just occurred to me this morning what you meant by "metaphor" when
you wrote:
<<
While I'm all in favor of tuning up this definition, I caution against
trying for a pseudo-precision. It's not a scientific measure. Its a metaphor
the the kinds of things we value, and for the overcoming of human limits in
a perpetual process of improvement.
>>
I said something like _heuristic_ or _rule of thumb_ would be better.
But I think what you meant above was that the relationship between
"extropy" and "entropy" is a figurative one, and that (in effect)
"extropy" has something of a metaphorical rather than a literal
correspondence to "negentropy". Have I got that right?
Apologies if this is flogging a dead horse.
MMB, at but nor for OCC
Note: While I have been giving the definitions for years, it was Tom Morrow
who originally coined the term based on our discussions together, not me.
Max
Max More, Ph.D.
more@extropy.org
http://www.primenet.com/~maxmore
President, Extropy Institute, Editor, Extropy
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