From: anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com   
      
   Chris:   
      
   > Biology is full of emergent properties that, on the   
   > surface, seem to break physics principles. Life, for   
   > example, violates the principle of conservation of energy.   
   >   
   > A tiger violates newton's third law. You poke it with a   
   > stick and it's response won't be "equal and opposite".   
      
   These are jokes, based on a loose metaphocial interpretation   
   of those pricicples.  The conept of emergence, however, is   
   neither a joke nor a metaphor.   
      
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