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object, there can still be changes in behavior. A person can anticipate objects
and possible functions and act differently because of those anticipations.
While there may be no commonly accepted EMMI supporting a feeling or
attitude, a person may make plans, change direction, set new rules, or do the
unexpected “just because,” these actions may suggest other mechanisms and
other EMMI at work, or below threshold EMMI and mechanisms operative
that are suggestive of various events.
Functional boundaries are formed at the interface of objects. If there is no
interface, there is no function and vice versa. With an interface arises behavior. Similarly, if there is no function, there is no behavior; but if there are
behaviors, there are interface and function as well. A functional boundary
exposes the interaction(s) between objects. A physical boundary shows physical matter in space. Objects can come nearby and have distant physical
boundaries and not have functions created (as there is no interface). Two
airplanes passing at 2000 km distance may have no interface in contrast to
two airplanes too close to each other either observed visually or by radar/
laser radar (EMMI). Functional boundaries can extend beyond the physical
boundaries of objects. Behavioral boundaries can extend well beyond functional boundaries. An event sequence that happens in one location can be
deemed a pattern that when recognized or anticipated can be predicative of
behaviors at another location. Behaviors of animals (including humans)
seem bounded by cognitive recognition of patterns as stimulated by physical
objects and functions, all enabled by EMMI.
To differentiate one entity from another or one system from another, we
speak of boundaries. A boundary demarks the limit or extent of a defined
domain; divides the essential nature of something from that of something
else; or restricts properties and traits to one or another entity in some
notional or corporal sense. Boundaries are either notably distinct or vague
by their lack of uniqueness or reference to something else. A boundary that
is arbitrarily set at 500 m from an object (object A) may be designated as a
range of interest from that object. That range may be specified by a distance
that delineates a domain of concern, but not necessarily to anything that is
pertinent at a distance of 500 m. In the region of the boundary at 500 m
from object A, the interests at that distance are referenced from object A
not to any other object that is at 500 m from object A. In this case, the
domain is a radius (of a circle) or ray that is 500 m in length (in a particular
direction). The domain is defined by the 500 m distance from object A in
some manner that has blithe ignorance and unconcern about objects elsewhere. However, while the 500 m boundary limits the purview of object A,
the so-described boundary does not imply a complete disregard for objects
outside the boundary, only that the considerations due to these outsidethe-boundary objects are dealt with in a different manner. In this example,
the boundary changes how object A behaves or is supposed to behave.
Boundaries help differentiate the characteristics of one entity from that of
another entity.
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object, there can still be changes in behavior. A person can anticipate objects
and possible functions and act differently because of those anticipations.
While there may be no commonly accepted EMMI supporting a feeling or
attitude, a person may make plans, change direction, set new rules, or do the
unexpected “just because,” these actions may suggest other mechanisms and
other EMMI at work, or below threshold EMMI and mechanisms operative
that are suggestive of various events.
Functional boundaries are formed at the interface of objects. If there is no
interface, there is no function and vice versa. With an interface arises behavior. Similarly, if there is no function, there is no behavior; but if there are
behaviors, there are interface and function as well. A functional boundary
exposes the interaction(s) between objects. A physical boundary shows physical matter in space. Objects can come nearby and have distant physical
boundaries and not have functions created (as there is no interface). Two
airplanes passing at 2000 km distance may have no interface in contrast to
two airplanes too close to each other either observed visually or by radar/
laser radar (EMMI). Functional boundaries can extend beyond the physical
boundaries of objects. Behavioral boundaries can extend well beyond functional boundaries. An event sequence that happens in one location can be
deemed a pattern that when recognized or anticipated can be predicative of
behaviors at another location. Behaviors of animals (including humans)
seem bounded by cognitive recognition of patterns as stimulated by physical
objects and functions, all enabled by EMMI.
To differentiate one entity from another or one system from another, we
speak of boundaries. A boundary demarks the limit or extent of a defined
domain; divides the essential nature of something from that of something
else; or restricts properties and traits to one or another entity in some
notional or corporal sense. Boundaries are either notably distinct or vague
by their lack of uniqueness or reference to something else. A boundary that
is arbitrarily set at 500 m from an object (object A) may be designated as a
range of interest from that object. That range may be specified by a distance
that delineates a domain of concern, but not necessarily to anything that is
pertinent at a distance of 500 m. In the region of the boundary at 500 m
from object A, the interests at that distance are referenced from object A
not to any other object that is at 500 m from object A. In this case, the
domain is a radius (of a circle) or ray that is 500 m in length (in a particular
direction). The domain is defined by the 500 m distance from object A in
some manner that has blithe ignorance and unconcern about objects elsewhere. However, while the 500 m boundary limits the purview of object A,
the so-described boundary does not imply a complete disregard for objects
outside the boundary, only that the considerations due to these outsidethe-boundary objects are dealt with in a different manner. In this example,
the boundary changes how object A behaves or is supposed to behave.
Boundaries help differentiate the characteristics of one entity from that of
another entity.