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Essences of Interaction
Awareness may also be due to a communication from a third-party object
who had not participated in the interaction but received a communication
from the receive object that indicated that receive object had indeed received
EMMI from the send object. Two objects that have interacted and who have
communicated with each other are said to be aware of each other. Otherwise
the condition of awareness is unsatisfied. Objects may be connected with
awareness condition being satisfied. Connection without the awareness condition* satisfied means there is no communication between the receive object
and the send object.
Physical objects can be thought of as a solid object, a network of physical
objects, and structures with holes, voids, and gaps. The structures may be
rigid or flexible or small or large.
Other objects are disconnected, physically, but have a functional or behavioral relation that connects various parts. Objects join to form functions or
functional boundaries are identifiable as an extension of the effects of physical boundaries. A functional boundary results from the uses of an object as
manipulated by another object via the connection between the two objects.
Unlike a physical boundary that follows the materials of one object, all
boundaries are porous—they can be crossed, changed, or broken. Physical
boundaries can pass EMMI by mechanisms. Functional boundaries (where
the action exists due to an interface between two objects) can be changed by
changing one or both of the objects. Changing an object’s mechanism(s) or
physical structure may change the function that results from the juxtaposition with another object. Behavioral boundaries can be changed by changing
the interface between objects, or the objects themselves. Remove or break a
toaster and change behaviors of individuals who previously used the toaster.
If two objects are in space held in close proximity by mutual gravitational
attraction, the physical boundary of each object is localized to the continuous
surfaces of each object, respectively. The functional boundary is identifiable
(and in this case testable) by removing one of the objects (logical equivalent
of falsification). Should the remaining object show (or reveal) no change in its
behaviors, no function was established due to the other (now removed)
object. In other words, the EMMI (interaction) between the two objects was
insufficient to result in a functional dependency. If there is no functional
dependency then there are no behavioral changes. If one does not “see” an
* For example, the gravitational “tug” by binary planet, for example, the Earth–Moon system
is defined as two objects having a reciprocal gravitational connection, where the center of
mass of neither object is at the logical center of either’s physical structure. The closer the logical center of mass approaches the average distances of their separation, the greater the influence that is exerted by both objects. In other words, there is no observable wobble in the
center of mass position. Since the center of mass of the Earth–Moon system is approximately
near the surface of the Earth, the wobble should be observable by our technology from outside our solar system. This technique of searching for wobble is one of the approaches for
searching for “blue dots”—Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. From a systems integration
perspective, oftentimes the observables indicate the dynamics of operations, and therefore
illustrate the benefit of inductive logic, Principle 3: The Principle of Induction.
Essences of Interaction
Awareness may also be due to a communication from a third-party object
who had not participated in the interaction but received a communication
from the receive object that indicated that receive object had indeed received
EMMI from the send object. Two objects that have interacted and who have
communicated with each other are said to be aware of each other. Otherwise
the condition of awareness is unsatisfied. Objects may be connected with
awareness condition being satisfied. Connection without the awareness condition* satisfied means there is no communication between the receive object
and the send object.
Physical objects can be thought of as a solid object, a network of physical
objects, and structures with holes, voids, and gaps. The structures may be
rigid or flexible or small or large.
Other objects are disconnected, physically, but have a functional or behavioral relation that connects various parts. Objects join to form functions or
functional boundaries are identifiable as an extension of the effects of physical boundaries. A functional boundary results from the uses of an object as
manipulated by another object via the connection between the two objects.
Unlike a physical boundary that follows the materials of one object, all
boundaries are porous—they can be crossed, changed, or broken. Physical
boundaries can pass EMMI by mechanisms. Functional boundaries (where
the action exists due to an interface between two objects) can be changed by
changing one or both of the objects. Changing an object’s mechanism(s) or
physical structure may change the function that results from the juxtaposition with another object. Behavioral boundaries can be changed by changing
the interface between objects, or the objects themselves. Remove or break a
toaster and change behaviors of individuals who previously used the toaster.
If two objects are in space held in close proximity by mutual gravitational
attraction, the physical boundary of each object is localized to the continuous
surfaces of each object, respectively. The functional boundary is identifiable
(and in this case testable) by removing one of the objects (logical equivalent
of falsification). Should the remaining object show (or reveal) no change in its
behaviors, no function was established due to the other (now removed)
object. In other words, the EMMI (interaction) between the two objects was
insufficient to result in a functional dependency. If there is no functional
dependency then there are no behavioral changes. If one does not “see” an
* For example, the gravitational “tug” by binary planet, for example, the Earth–Moon system
is defined as two objects having a reciprocal gravitational connection, where the center of
mass of neither object is at the logical center of either’s physical structure. The closer the logical center of mass approaches the average distances of their separation, the greater the influence that is exerted by both objects. In other words, there is no observable wobble in the
center of mass position. Since the center of mass of the Earth–Moon system is approximately
near the surface of the Earth, the wobble should be observable by our technology from outside our solar system. This technique of searching for wobble is one of the approaches for
searching for “blue dots”—Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. From a systems integration
perspective, oftentimes the observables indicate the dynamics of operations, and therefore
illustrate the benefit of inductive logic, Principle 3: The Principle of Induction.