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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
- Subject: Re: Continuos vs. discrete models Was: The size of electrons, ...
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- In article <Nov.17.22.13.13.1992.11029@ruhets.rutgers.edu> bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) writes:
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- >Let's put a stop to this. Cells are not cellular automata and I don't
- >think you could find too many respectable biologists who would use
- >cellular automata in their studies. They're too busy studying cells.
- >Anyone who thinks a cell is a finite state machine needs to read some
- >biology.
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- I essentially agree. Just to forestall objections, let me note that
- while all sorts of things can be modelled as finite state machines
- (after all, that's what any computer simulation amounts to), this does
- not means that cellular automata are a very good tool for seeing what
- real live cells do.
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