No Inanimate Object Is Ever Fully Determined

No Inanimate Object Is Ever Fully Determined By The Laws Of Physics And Chemistry.

My Title Is Intended To Suggest That The Community Of Scientists Is Organized In A Way Which Resembles Certain Features Of A Body Politic And Works According To Economic Principles Similar To Those By Which The Production Of Material Goods Is Regulated.

The Information In Dna Could No More Be Reduced To The Chemical Than Could The Ideas In A Book Be Reduced To The Ink And Paper: Something Beyond Physics And Chemistry Encoded Dna.

We Could Not, For Example, Arrive At A Principle Like That Of Entropy Without Introducing Some Additional Principle, Such As Randomness, To This Topography.

Human Beings Exercise Responsibilities Within A Social Setting And A Framework Of Obligations Which Transcend The Principle Of Intelligence.