Chapter 17 Supplement C Time and Emergence of Structural Imitation

C Time and Emergence of Structural Mimicry Some structures can form and grow because other similar structures already existing can transmit their properties to other structures (subject to accidental variation); thus abstract orders can undergo a process of evolution, in the process, They transform from one form of matter into another, and it comes about simply because that pattern already exists - a fact that gives our world a new dimension: the arrow of time (Bloom, 1951) .Over the course of time, features emerge that did not exist in the past: self-perpetuating evolutionary structures that, although at any one moment have only concrete physical manifestations, become unique entities that persist in time in different manifestations.

The possibility of forming structures by means of copying gives opportunities for expansion to those elements which are capable of doing better.Those factors would be selected for their expansive forces capable of forming more complex structures, and increasing their numbers would lead to the formation of more such structures.Such a pattern, once it emerges, is as much a constituent of the world order as any material object.In communicative structures, the behavioral patterns of crowds are determined by the manner in which individuals in one generation pass on to the next; these orders retain their general characteristics only through constant change (adaptation).